Articles by Christine Valin

I’m glad that I could show you a painting for the first newsletter this year. I am sorry that I took so long to send you this one, due to personal health problems. This is a portrait of Finn, a happy two year old belonging to the family. He has such a nice expression and I had to do him. I feel that I want to do more and more pastels, especially young faces, as the technique is good for the softness of the skin. The volume is very difficult to find, but that’s what the challenge is,…

This is a portrait of the girl I talked about in my last newsletter. Her name is Louise, and I was really happy that she and her parents liked the portrait very much. The feed back is very important for me and makes me very happy. It was a very difficult portrait to do as the delicacy of the skin was very hard to find, but I think I got it. The expression was even harder, but I’m happy with how it came out. Tell me what you think, as I would love to know that. I’m re…