Practice – Denitsa Stachowski Artworks https://denitsa.ch Contemporary Oil Paintings with a Classical Feel Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:30:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://mlee2fs4joia.i.optimole.com/cb:N0W8~5968f/w:512/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://denitsa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-Pink-Elegant-Signature-Logo-1.png Practice – Denitsa Stachowski Artworks https://denitsa.ch 32 32 200268790 This Week’s Art Practice https://denitsa.ch/this-weeks-art-practice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-weeks-art-practice https://denitsa.ch/this-weeks-art-practice/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2025 18:12:32 +0000 https://denitsa.ch/?p=1528 This week, I continued working through both Bhavani Krishnan’s Study with the Masters course and Arthur Gain’s Alla Prima Challenge. For Bhavani’s course, I studied a painting by Isaak Levitan.  One of the biggest frustrations was trying to judge the colors and values from my iPad screen. No matter how much I adjusted the brightness or […]

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]]> https://denitsa.ch/this-weeks-art-practice/feed/ 0 1528 This Week’s Art Practice: A Mindset Shift and Some Breakthroughs https://denitsa.ch/this-weeks-art-practice-a-mindset-shift-and-some-breakthroughs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-weeks-art-practice-a-mindset-shift-and-some-breakthroughs https://denitsa.ch/this-weeks-art-practice-a-mindset-shift-and-some-breakthroughs/#respond Sun, 02 Feb 2025 19:56:00 +0000 https://denitsa.ch/?p=1517 For Week 5 of Bhavani Krishnan’s Study with the Masters course, I painted a study of a Penleigh Boyd landscape. I know I say this every week, but this one really felt like the most challenging so far! I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer amount of colors and expressive brushwork in the original. At […]

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]]> https://denitsa.ch/this-weeks-art-practice-a-mindset-shift-and-some-breakthroughs/feed/ 0 1517 Weekly Art Practice: Learning, Challenges, and Moving Forward https://denitsa.ch/weekly-art-practice-learning-challenges-and-moving-forward/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekly-art-practice-learning-challenges-and-moving-forward https://denitsa.ch/weekly-art-practice-learning-challenges-and-moving-forward/#respond Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:19:42 +0000 https://denitsa.ch/?p=1503 This week was all about productivity for me. I tackled landscape studies and an Alla Prima Challenge exercise, pushing my boundaries with color palettes. I also practiced basic value gradations to refine my skills. Meanwhile, I put some time into repainting my daughter's portrait, determined to finish it before diving into new projects.

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