Blanca Valbuena

Stuff I’ve Drawn and Painted

I love art but figured quickly that I was not talented enough to make a living out of it. But, whatevs…I still love painting and do so whenever I get a little spare time between my duties at FriendsEAT and Socialdraft. Here’s a little sampling of “Blanca Valbuena Art”.

Blanca Valbuena Art

Georgia O'Keefe's landscape of Lake George
A copy of Georgia O’Keefe’s Lake George

I’m a big fan of Georgia O’Keefe and I use her art as practice on color theory and brushwork. I also had the pleasure of taking classes at the Artist Student League in NYC where she also studied. I highly recommend this art school. It is superb and very fairly priced.

Pencil drawings of figures
Two pencil drawings by Blanca Valbuena in early 2014

I draw mostly with a #2 pencil and I love to paint in oils…I’m absolutely horrible at watercolors. Most of the pieces in pencil are quite old, stuff I did in High School when I was learning. The paintings are mostly newer (past 10 years or so).

Blanca Valbuena drawing from live model
Female anatomical pencil drawing

Thank you to my high school art teacher Maria Carparelli, and a very good friend Angela Patti-Vasil for getting me started.

Lately, I’ve been “taking” classes at the Artist Student’s League of New York. I say “taking” because, by the time I am done working, I am usually exhausted…or maybe I’m just not committed and lazy. But my professor there is amazingly talented and I’ve definitely learned a lot from the few times I’ve gone. We’ll see what happens, but this year I need to make the commitment to get that pencil into action more often, especially now that I am in Portugal and have a little more time to take art classes in Lisbon.

A Georgia O’Keefe Copy

Above are a few samples of things I have drawn and painted…critiques and tips are welcome.

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