by GCastillo | May 15, 2018 | General
https://amzn.to/2Km3wAc I like lettering and calligraphy but I didn’t want to print and print pages using my printer. For me and for others, I created this notebook. This is a French-ruled practice notebook, known also as Seyè, featuring an 8mm by 8mm grid with...
by GCastillo | Sep 14, 2016 | General
I’m very motivated to participate in the Strada Easel challenge 30 Paints in 30 Days. So far, I haven’t missed any day. I love the Strada Easels and hope to win one. There are many other artists also participating with beautiful paintings. Painting every...
by GCastillo | Jun 22, 2016 | General
I had the great opportunity to travel to Ecuador with my family. Ecuador is in the middle of the world and exhibits a complexity of fauna and flora. Also, its weather is very diverse from the warm areas of the coast to the spring like temperatures in the mountains and...
by GCastillo | May 9, 2016 | General
I had a wonderful time with my family and also got great gifts from them. They know that I prefer my art supplies than anything else. For some time I wanted to experiment with the Paintstiks. These look like oversized crayons but they are oil paints. I can’t...
by GCastillo | Apr 5, 2016 | General
I was thinking about the many words that I read and know about color. I put together some of them to remember their meaning for future reference: HUE: This is just another word for color COLOR WHEEL: A chart that organices colors/hues around a circle. It shows the...
by GCastillo | Feb 28, 2016 | General
This is another sunny day in Florida. I’m in my second day of the calligraphy Fair. I enjoyed the ink making class using acorns. Great books and materials: I finished my day with a Surf and Turf Hamburger (hamburger topped with crab meat) from this...