Architecture

StudioSense: Starting a Pastel Painting

As the weather turns for the worst in Michigan, it is time to revisit my collection of photographs that I use as inspiration and...

StudioSense: A Chip off the Old Brick

Back to the street scene in Lucca, Italy, addressed in a recent blog post. The subject at hand is how to paint a brick wall in pastel. ...

StudioSense: Mangiare a Lucca; Pastel Street Scene Lesson from Italy

This scene in Lucca, a medieval walled town in Tuscany, caught my attention while vacationing in Italy in 2016. I find this street scene...

Pastel Painting: Exploring Ravello

After climbing over 600 steps from Amalfi to Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, my family entourage and I finally arrived at the...