Photo taken of Art miniature titled: "Best friends"
made in oils, measures 2.5" by 3.5" Art Card on canvas paper,

One of my favorite works, titled: "No play no game" it will be displayed here later on,  it's about the importance to rest and give our selves time, the importance to play, to write, to walk, to run, because an cranky artist is not very happy and hence creativity flow, won't go trough.

Artist after all, yes we are indeed selfish in that matter, if we can't draw we become constipated emotionally and we can't think straight, we get depressed, we don't function, we don't react like others do, I'm sorry we  just don't, so the way to be happy and be better is by letting us do what we should, which is to paint!

Watercolor paintings, sketch live model session March

Watercolor sketches and the finished paintings. 

Live session Model resting pose 40 min and 10 min painting , "Tori Afternoon nap"  study sketch for color schemes, pears still life. 

Size 10 in by 14 in 

Original New Oil Painting Still Life Lemons on Canvas Panel

 

 

 

Titled: “Lemons in Red”

 

The use of analogous color in your paintings, like in the case of this still life, is perfect for those beginning or more experienced in painting, you can create the feeling of a  variety of color with just a few.  When creating your paintings, you will have a better understanding of color and it’s relationship with each other.

Using a limited palette is not only great to do practice in oils or any medium but will train your eye as well. The still life, the lemons even tho part of the artwork are not the main subject but the background, used a combination of impressionism and abstract to make a relationship between the old and the modern.

New nude oil painting study

 

 

15 min study

Size is 9” by 12” . dark completion figure sketch, by far my favorite!

Art original oil painting women portrait

 

 

Titled: “Standing Still”

 

On another note, here is a new quick quick study oil portrait.

Still life oil painting flowers and vase sketch on canvas paper

 

Titled: “Recovery”

Well just like the titled of the painting that is what is happening in my own life, learning to do everything and each and every day is a new experience, yet I have learned to appreciate even more the value of life it self and how beautiful is been able and share my talent with all whom care.

For the upper painting chose one of the life arrangements that a dear friend of mine got me to cheer me up, looking at the vase noticed how blue is the predominant color so chose that to be the theme of the painting, a lighter background, focusing in the petals and the pink ribbon surrounding it, the second painting has more a darker background as well and is titled “learning”, Shadows come to play and a mix of raw sienna and burnt umber played a big role in both paintings.

Grateful to be able and continue with Art and to share this with you, knowing that there’s more progress to come and my life has been completely rearranged for the better.

 

 Titled: “Learning”

Still life Oil painting

 

“On the floor”

 

This was a simple setup of an orange. Oil on canvas board 9” by 12”

The children wanted to use the blender today, which got me a little nervous since is the first time they are allowed to use it, expecting having blue berries, strawberry smoothie all over the walls.

Wile drinking the mixed berries, asked them if I could borrow one of the oranges to paint, they all agreed at the same time, and say uhuum… and this still life was born. .

Original art watercolor painting aceo miniature galaxy

 

 

“Untitled”

One of my favorites recent miniature painting, measures 2.5” by 3.5”  probably would look even nicer and all abstract like in a larger scale. 

Art oil painting sketch dancer

 

Part of the process of one of the recent oil paintings, focus here is in the shadows, and the background which will help the figure stand out on its own. Using, umbers ocres and burnt to add warmth , this colors later on will be reinforced.

 

Hope this summer is bringing a smile and a well deserved tan. Continue doing what you love in your medium of preference!

Art original oil painting First Harvest Cherries on Canvas

 

 

 

Titled: “First Harvest” 16” by 20” Oil Painting Sketch.

Cherries!  first harvest of  May, farms of South New Jersey.  For this portrait an experience made in to a memory. One of the goals here is to  invite You the viewer to experience the moment and enjoy it as much as the  character, different tones of blues, complementing, and lines that  are used to take you to the center subject, which are the cherries.

From the background down, points out to the center, in return once you get there, the leaves invites your view to stop and jump back and look at the background.

Color an important Psychological part of any painting.  Part of technical, The artwork focus rather in having fun, and enjoyment! Yes skill is required, but should not be  the overall important thing, errors and mistakes in my case are acceptable, because no matter how many years of experience we have, there is always room for improvement.

Watercolor sketch sneakers converse figure portrait

 

“in your shoes”

 

Learning to be up building rather than tear others apart, it has to come from training the heart.

 

 

“Practice”

Modern approach to dancers at the park practicing, their arabesque and balance as well as stretching, had the opportunity to take a couple of pictures, with the help of a friend.

The beginning of a series of future paintings will have the both of them” soon! A simple study a sketch in action of the model. 

 For more information about this and other paintings not shown here: You can always visit myworld.ebay/VargasArtStudio

ACEO watercolor miniature painting video

 

My absolute pleasure to share this with you, titled: “trust” The time lapse video process of a watercolor miniature painting. Tulip Flower 2.5” by 3.5” own by a private collector.

Chocolate inspiration and New ACEOS for 2011-2012

 

 

Taking pictures a discovered hobby, My passion for food, red color and all things hand made, all about colors, and the reaction, Noticed that photographs that add warmth and a moment are rather the must popular. Not to mention, food photographs, but photos it self don’t mean much, unless you make it personal. Getting a glimpse of what your life looks like in the outside. There you can see flaws as well as personality. How red in a photo definitely adds that warmth and you expose the moment as well. Whereas red in a painting, can consume everything else, and inevitably becomes the center of attention.

The photos taken, with solid colors specially on the background. Aiming always to awaken that which is creativity, happiness, sadness or anything else at that moment, you can say, oh I can do better than that!  My purpose to action… to make you create, take photos, admire nature and continue playing with your imagination.

Here are some of the recent ACEOS all available on My E bay world, signed originals, the product of coffee and chocolate which are also favorite subjects.  All having the same color scheme, sort of like a mixed latte, some mint and  berries, to create them, colors like burnt sienna and ambers from Sennelier where used, also some Granulation medium for some of them to add texture.

   

Watercolor 2.5” by 3.5” 

 

Watercolor and Pen 2.5” by 3.5”

  

Watercolors 2.5” by 3.5”

Between the lines and Leonardo

 

 

Miniature 2.5” by 3.5”

Awesome week a head, presented the new art prints, and for the first time did a series of sketches with just ink.

This one is a very special one, from Leonardo Da vinci  who’s amazing skill is incomparable. Took note at the master interesting miniature sketches…

oil painting sketch

 

 

Working with thick paint straight from the tube, when sketching.

  Her memory lives trough my paintings. So proud of this little sketch, done in a 8” by 10” canvas panel.

Oil painting figure nude

 

 

Size is 8” by 10”  Oil on canvas panel

The bristle is done away with… and now  sit and stare, analyze it, and come to conclusions, mind feels uneasy with it, but then again never satisfied, it was worth the wait I say, it is worth to not only do this painting in a small scale, but in a bigger size with all it’s details the same pose, perhaps a different model, now, my own version, how that sounds? 

I’ve taken my liberties with this one, and applied less shadows, change the hands position, less details on the mouth didn’t paid no mind to the “apple” rather make it an type of thing, or perhaps an pomegranate. Took note “emphasis” on her satisfied self, that the original artist wanted to convey, she seems like nothing is going to happen, innocent and cynical, that is just me..too much thinking.

Now to get more materials, to study my sketches, and continue…. to paint.  

Still life sketch oil painting turnip

 

 

“Albert’s Farms”

Size is 8” by 10” on a canvas panel,  having fun with this fall colors.  Some of the reds and oranges from the trees. 15 minute sketch.  

Oil figure women painting sketch

 

 

Here is the process of one of my resent painting  5” by 7” 

Oil painting hot pepper

 

Titled: Larry’s  Gift 

Oil painting  is  5” by 7” made in a canvas panel

Oil Portrait process

 

 

 With an accurate color scheme the process becomes much easier, If is possible doing skin tests on the palette until you get the right mixture. Remember that you are not only doing a portrait, but a human being.  It is also important to record which colors where combined to utilize in the portrait since not everyone has the same skin tone.

 

For this portrait we started with a simple sketch with burnt sienna, burnt umber a little mixture of yellow ochre. This is just for the preliminary sketch with out measuring and adding, in this portrait the face factions are done later on, everything goes by view of the muscle instead and of course relying  heavily in the measurements of the human head or  better say anatomy. 

 When it comes to eyes, think open orbit, the bones, muscles and  inside the eyes, their texture,  remember the softness, with out forgetting eye lids, not to miss the shadow when it comes to the muscle, remember  the out side light and how it reflects, jumps from your eye back to the object and from the object back…. 

This is just the technical part of making a portrait a little information. Because  I know repetition is important, as well as passion for sharing, teaching and learning to progress,  this is all  practice and error so it is, we continue painting, pushing the brush for our sake, because we need to…

Painting coming a long  and drying wile at it…. time to start another watercolor.