https://katesypek.com/blog daily 0.75 2023-07-24 https://katesypek.com/blog/midsummer-newsletter monthly 0.5 2023-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/ec482f97-036f-41a7-9d2c-2f5da94cf941/Arno+river.jpg blog - Midsummer Newsletter / Exciting news! So, to wrap this up - I can’t wait to share what I learn and paint while I’m there. And in the mean time, while I prepare for the trip, I’ll only be taking on one or two more pet portrait commissions…so if you’re interested let me know sooner rather than later. And while there are so many northern and southern parts of the country I would love to explore, we’re trying to keep the travel as low-key as possible while Lucie is still so young - so if you have any Florence or Tuscan recommendations for us, please let me know! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/55c28f86-a480-4988-bb13-d8bf7d8a09b9/Florence+academy.jpeg blog - Midsummer Newsletter / Exciting news! The workshop I’ll be attending focuses on figure painting(full body) in the morning, and portrait painting(close up) in the afternoons. All of their studios have been designed to maximize the northern light exposure, and all of the painting will be from life. As someone who almost always paints from pictures, I’m so excited to spend so much time practicing this new skill (though I’m doubtful I’ll be able to translate this to pet portraits given the adorably unruly nature of the subjects). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/75c48178-f164-46b0-af9d-8e6bfc232179/Florence+duomo.jpg blog - Midsummer Newsletter / Exciting news! That’s right, I’ll be studying art for a few weeks in the most artistic city in the world. Ryan and Lucie will be joining me, and we’ll also get to spend a couple weeks traveling around Tuscany after the workshop is over. Florence is already my favorite city in the world, and I can’t wait to spend so much time there getting inspired by the architecture, sculptures, and of course the oil paintings. The food, wine, and gelato will be the icing on top. https://katesypek.com/blog/march-newsletter monthly 0.5 2023-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/fb6da494-206b-4681-ac35-5b5319edecb8/Paint+Coach+landscape.jpeg blog - March Newsletter In March I also was able to complete my very first oil landscape painting! It was thanks to the help/inspiration of Chris Fornataro’s(aka the Paint Coach) paint week challenge. He is excellent at simplifying what I would normally over-complicate, and I feel like I finally had a breakthrough. And if you’re a painter as well, you should check out some of his youtube tutorials here - he’s got some great methods. I’ve since started a second landscape, but lets just say its been a bit more of a challenge without the coach’s guidance. I’m hoping I can share it with you in next month’s newsletter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/3d6b0eae-ed24-49be-a68b-dca2ffc54fff/Loomis_March.jpg blog - March Newsletter I also got some more Loomis head practice in(see this newsletter if you’re not sure what that is), but I need about 6 extra hours in the day to get where I want to be with it. That said, I’m finding that having goals set in each of these monthly newsletters is helping to push me to work on things I might not normally work on, so I’m going to set a slightly harder goal of a finished head drawing for the next newsletter. While I’m developing a love for landscapes, I still think it’s really hard to beat the emotions and feelings that portraits can pull out of you - so I’m looking forward to using this Loomis knowledge for some oil portraits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/7b626df4-0bfe-4cb6-8634-794305eaf0f2/Quincy_painting_framed.jpg blog - March Newsletter - March’s Featured Painting When possible, I’m going to start featuring a painting each month - whether it be a pet portrait, people portrait, landscape or still life. I’ll kick it off with this commissioned pet portrait a client bought to surprise her sister with. This is Quincy, a very handsome boy. According to his mom he is a stubborn, old soul - and very loyal. I couldn’t resist testing him out in one of our vintage frames. It makes me want to collect one of a kind frames and offer them as an add-on to pet portrait gifts. Is this something you might be interested in? Feel free to email me at kate@katesypek.com with your thoughts! https://katesypek.com/blog/february-newsletter monthly 0.5 2023-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/85ace615-d229-4968-a311-0a41ddfc7142/Loomis+sketches.jpeg blog - February Newsletter - I still have many hours of practicing ahead of me to get to a place I want to be in terms of drawing people, but I love having a sort of formula I can use to break down every head with. It’s easy to get caught up in features and what you think they should look like, and that can really throw off the scale of a drawing or it’s likeness to the subject. But with the Loomis method I’m able to think about the construction of the head, and look at each feature as a 3-D shape rather than an eye, or a nose, or an ear, or hair. I’m confident this knowledge will translate into oil portraits, and will make the process of building the portrait much easier! Stay tuned, I have a couple “muses” lined up to model for my portraits so I promise, they are coming soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63c77c1efbea8a6fa96c537c/76f3e82a-05aa-4bb5-a952-5a6511f12e65/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+3.52.40+PM.png blog - February Newsletter And for three, voyageLA.com did a nice little write-up about me and my art that you can read right here! They are so sweet, and I love that they focus on bringing attention to small local businesses that might be otherwise overlooked. If you have the time, you should poke around their website - they have tons and tons of info on hidden gems and small business all over southern California. 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