Photographers in Chelva

Last Saturday a group of photographers was here in Chelva. They took lots of photos of the environment and snapshots of us all there. You will see more later. We had a wonderful day.

Group Photographers
Photo Manolo Pórtoles. The family photo at the end of the day.

New tutorial portrait of a little girl

Last Friday I finished the portrait of this little girl for my next video tutorial. All the footage has been completed. Hopefully the editing will be finished before I leave for my summer courses in France next month. I’d better roll up my sleeves and get busy!

Portrait of a little girl. Click two times to enlarge.

Tutorial portrait of a little girl

New video demonstration.

Today I started my new tutorial portrait of a little girl video. My painter-studio is now turned into a movie studio. A couple of days of high concentrated work on both: painting the portrait and capturing on video. A devilish task. Followed by two month of editing.

New video demonstration.
The video set.

Environment cleaning near Chelva.

Cleaning the landfill surroundings

Last weekend a group of volunteers cleaned the hills around the former Chelva landfill.
We were about 30 people. It is incredible what you can do in one hour! We will repeat this action end of this month at the other side of the village.

Cleaning the landfill surroundings
The “harvest ” of one hour work.
Cleaning the surroundings of the landfill.
Cleaning the surroundings of the landfill.

That´s life…

Grandpa & Granddaughter

Sometimes you do not want to say goodbye to a portrait. Therefore, it took a long time before I could deliver this painting. But eventually all work has to leave the studio. That´s life.

I added this post on 9 may 2012. The portrait was delivered on the 10th. The grandfather was really proud and the same evening he called his friends to invite them to see the painting. The next morning the poor man died. What a tragic message!

Grandpa & Granddaughter
Grandpa & Granddaughter

I also made a Youtube version:

Our daily life here.

Betty Mus & cebollas blog

Just some pictures that I took today. You can see the onions are harvested and are drying in the shadow. Our dog Betty is the watching over them, probably she likes the smell. The kitchen garden is my wife´s pride and joy.

Betty Mus & cebollas blog
The dog´s watching over the onions.
Helma Mus & Betty blog
Helma in the kitchen garden.