Josef's corner

I will be a part of an exhibition with PSEC at Stewart Hall starting this weekend. I have 3 works including the portrait of George Dedoyard...

My friend Johanne and I visited the Montreal Museum of Fine Art the past weekend. Splendore a Venezia was the current exhibit and Johanne g...

I thought I did not really quite captured the likeness with George at the PSEC demo. So I asked George if I could reworked the portrait a bi...

The results are in but I am a bit late on reporting it. Sorry. All usual I was nervous as a leaf shaking. The surprise model was George Dedo...

I was invited again this year to participate in the PSEC portrait challenge. This is year has the same line up. Master pastelliste Denis Jac...

Couple of oil sketches from life.

These are about 2 hour long poses. Both are done in oil on paper.

I had a chance to go paint with several artists in Tremblant. It was fun and we had perfect weather. Here are some pictures of that beautifu...

It was fun to be in the 25th edition of Festival de Peinture a Mascouche. Making new friends and seeing old friends again. This year the in...

The past weekend I participated at the 15th edition of Bois des Filion art symposium. Got beautiful weather but not much crowd though. ...

Plein air day at Rawdon, Dorwin falls.

from  Underpaintings: Words of Wisdom: Vlaho Bukovac :  "First learn how to look  – the hand will do its part of the work obediently...

This is a pastel demo done at Ogilvy's in Montreal. About over an hour of work. Model is PSEC president Reine Goodrow. Denis jacques, An...

I remember writing the quote from Bouguereau in my sketch book after reading it in the museum catalog of Bouguereau exhibit in Montreal, 198...

I will be participating once again this year on the annual exhibit of the Pastel Society of Eastern Canada (PSEC). I will be doing a live...

I finally dropped off Tex Lecor's portrait at his studio. He was very happy to have it and said he will put it in his dining room. I als...

Really cool tutorials by Stan Prokopenko. Check out his blog .

Continued a bit with the ears and contour.

 with Lynda Schneider Granatstein, this year's honorary invited artist Tex Lecor in person! with  Tex Lecor and Martin Blanc...

This is my spot at the symposium. I  won an honorable mention with the female nude pastel (3rd column from right). We had a visit fro...