Nancy Cuevas

Direct painting: This method of painting is used to make paintings in a single application. This is an opaque painting technique used by the Impressionists in their early work, the Fauves and the Abstract Expressionists. Direct painting relies on more planning because artists must consider form and color simultaneously. (Gamblin website) Attended the two day workshop in the hottest days so far this year. Monday was 104 & Tuesday was 106! It added to the artist suffering. This painting style was pretty different from what I'm used to. The "direct" style meaning that the color mixing is figured out on the palette then placed on the canvas without any blending! This was a complete mental strain for me. I kept finding my self putting a base color to then put another color on top. I think this will be a good technique for smaller paintings ( instant gratification). Here are my two paintings: First day: Faceted drawing... looks pretty scary, final study and detail. 2nd d...

Been showing up at the studio. Got my schedule down. Things are rolling along. It's all about children portriats now.

I've been wanting a studio at home forever. It has finally came true. We moved into our new house in April. Just got off of work for the summer this past week and have since been in my studio daily. Here are some pics...

Posted pictures of studio on my space.

Pastel drawings posted on ebay for sale!

First proof of lotus flowers. The foliage needs to be darker, but overall I like it.

All day at the new studio putting up paintings and setting up the press I ordered a month ago. I have been working on a drypoint of a lotus flower. Haven't had the mindset to paint for a while. Have been trying to not guilt myself into it. Am waiting on new ideas I guess.... My new studio is in downtown Hillsboro, OR. I like the space very much. It's an old building built in the 1890s. It always smells like food since there's a cafe downstairs. It's taken a lot out of me to depart from the previous studio in N. Portland. I enjoyed being close to my friends but always hated that it was far from home. My intention for this blog is to keep record of the day to day work that I do in my studio. So far in my new space, I givin a color lesson and have had a good friend build me some model stands.