Madame Matisse Madras Rouge

after Matisse oil painting, madame matisse madras rouge 1907.

colored pencils and oil pastels on canson Mi-teintes pad 8x11in.

feeling good

colored pencils on Bristol board colored pad 8x10in.

bodhisattva triptych

colored pencils on Canson Mi-teintes black pad 5x11in.

still life with pitcher after Braque

colored pencils and oil pastels on Canson Mi-teintes black pad 6x9in.

portrait of a girl after Modigliani

oil pastels and colored pencils on Fabriano Tiziano pastel pad 7x10in.

I had to sign this copy to comply with reproduction laws. The scan of my work on my selling blog "My joy of colors" is of the unsigned copy.

here is the unsigned copy.

Luisito

My husband when he was 6 years old.

Mechanicla pencil on Canson Bristol pad 9x12in.

my sister, Cristina

after photo taken when she was in high school.

colored pencils on canson Bristol 9x12in.

Silvia:my mother's portrait

My mother, Silvia when she was 20.

Graphite pencils on Canson bristol 9x12in.

my mother's portrait WIP II

my mother's portrait WIP

At this stage it took me about 2 hours.

I am working in graphite pencils on Canson Bristol 9x12in.

colored pencils bodhisattva

This is a 6x9in drawing in prismacolor and watercolor pencils dry on Canson Mi-teintes black pad.

when you smile...

Here I was 1 year and 4 months.

Graphite pencils on drawing pad 8x9in.

the girl with a gold earring

That's me and my teddy Benny at 4 years and 6 months.

Graphite pencils on Canson Mi-teintes pad 7x10in.

About 4 hours of work.

woody allen charcoals sketch

charcoal pencils on Fabriano Tiziano pastel pad 6x9in.

woody allen sketch

charcoal pencils on Fabriano Tiziano pad 6x9in.

another bodhisattva

oil pastels on Canson Mi-teintes pad 8x11in.

This painting belongs to a series of 12 bodhisattvas that I am working on to create a calendar for 2011.

pink roses

oil pastels on Bristol board yellow pad 9x12in.

yellow roses for her

This is an oil pastel painting collage with yellow crepe paper for some of the petals of the roses.

Pentels, Camel and Portfolio series oil pastels on Bristol board red pad 9x12in.

purple rose

oil pastels on Bristol board yellow pad 6x9in.

what's in a name

this is a watercolor pencils and watersoluble pastels rose.

and this is watercolor with contour in black watercolor pencil.

Both are on watercolor paper 5x7in.

and an oil pastel on red Bristol Board 6x9in.

another bodhisattva Wip

I decided to create a series of bodhisattvas heads for a calendar. So this is one of them in progress.

Tinted charcoals and oil pastels on canSon Mi-teintes pad 8x11in.

fauvist bodhisattvas

tinted charcoals and oil pastels on Fabriano Tiziano pad 8x11in.

bodhisattvas II

work on the second head was done on the music of a Cd with the live recording of Maria Callas.

A real treat.

bodhisattvas again WIP

oil pastels on Fabriano Tiziano pad. Third medium rendering of my photo taken in San Francisco in the Museum of Asian art.

This time is a fauvist approach.

Flavian hairstyle

After the head of Julia Titi, daughter of emperor Titus wearing Flavian hairstyle, Roman marble  90 CE.The work is on display at Getty Villa, Malibu, California.

 Derwent tinted charcoals and oil pastels on Canson Mi-teintes 8x11in.

green peppers

colored pencils on Bristol board green pad -6x9in.

For two challenges with the theme "green".