Feb 13, 2012
Gearing up.. Here we are…Jeanine and I…beginning our travels for my 2012 workshop/mentoring program tour-!! And for you… friends and fellow artist…an invitation to check back here on my blog for up-dates on our travels… the colorful stories…our insights… and a few personal “artistic tips”from one fellow artist to another. Looking forward to our our next [...]
Jan 31, 2012
I would like to welcome everyone to another entry in my ongoing BLOG!! I do enjoy sharing with you…my thoughts…my insights…and a few personal “artistic tips” from one fellow artist to another I hope you find them of interest and of a help for you in your own painting!! Recently…I gave an informative and interesting [...]
Jan 30, 2012
Albert Handell January 2012 Oil Painting Demonstration for the New Mexico Art League By Diane Buster Albert Handell’s demonstration piece, an oil painting of a waterfall, was designed to show a three step painting process. The steps move from transparent to opaque, from mass to detail, from dark to light, and from thin to thick. He starts [...]
Jan 16, 2012
Article in Plein Air Magazine… This New Mexico artist uses pastels to respond to both the specifics of what he observes and his emotional response to the locations; he says, “I will eventually frame the painting, not the location I observe, so the image has to be more than an exact replica of the landscape” Albert Handell compares [...]
Dec 13, 2011
“Wanted to share this exciting painting I recently completed of one of my favorite subjects…TREES!! Notice the beautiful variety of rich greens through-out the painting. I am delighted it has been slated to run for a forth-coming ad in FINE ART CONNOISSEUR publication by my Charleston gallery: THE M GALLERY OF FINE ART.”
Dec 2, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011 The first day of the workshop Albert created a pastel painting of two trees. His pastels include a mixture of NuPastel, Sennelier, Schminche and Unison. Two of his favorite working surfaces are Wallis Pastel Paper in either White or Belgium Mist, and UArt Pastel Paper. Mr. Handell explaining how he always moves [...]
Nov 1, 2010
Woods Interior ® received an Honorable Mention at the Laumeister Fine Art Competition at the Bennington Center for the Arts. Show dates: August 14 through December 19, 2010. Woods Interior was painted on location on Kitty Wallis- Belgium Mist (grey) sanded pastel paper dry-mounted onto 100% museum rag board. I started the pastel with a [...]
Jul 1, 2010
I was introduced to Pemaquid Point when I was giving a large workshop at the small town of Damariscotta, 14 miles away from the Point. Pemaquid, with its lighthouse, is a breathtakingly beautiful location, full of wonderful varied subject, all very much at hand. To create an opportunity to come back to paint the area [...]
Emily Hirn – Atlanta, GA 
Prairie Creek Redwoods by Mickey Theobold 
Sandy Bonney – Signatures Gallery, Brookings, OR 
Albert Handell Unison Pastel Set – $362 ![In The Cedar Grove at Point Lobos Pastel [DVD] – $70](http://alberthandell.com/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://alberthandell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/In-the-Cedar-Grove-cover.jpg&w=50&h=50)
In The Cedar Grove at Point Lobos Pastel [DVD] – $70 ![Mystery Falls Oil Painting [2 DVD Set] – $95](http://alberthandell.com/wp-content/themes/rezo/themify/img.php?src=http://alberthandell.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Mystery-Falls-cover.jpg&w=50&h=50)
Mystery Falls Oil Painting [2 DVD Set] – $95 
Beginning Our Travels… 
Pastel Painting Demonstration- Plein Air Magazine Article 
Art Journey American Landscapes- Book Entry Emily Hirn – Atlanta, GA Prairie Creek Redwoods by Mickey Theobold Sandy Bonney – Signatures Gallery, Brookings, OR 
