 Last week I had the pleasure of meeting @brittanyxavier and her lovely family at our local Whole Foods in Pasadena of all places. What a small world! And what a kind and gracious spirit, so great to meet you, Brittany! I love Brittany’s lifestyle blog and her sense of fashion, her style is impeccable. Case in point: this stunning mustard yellow @chrisellelim dress she was recently wearing, from the @justoneanswer collection available at @nordstrom now. Check out at more of Brittany’s fashion style, beauty tips and travel journals at ThriftsAndThreads 
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 Beautiful live model Aussie was the subject for Week 48 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories yesterday. An enigmatic pose for her fashion portrait. Follow me on Instagram to see more behind-the-scenes. If you like my paintings, sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina   Week 47 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories is all about Fiona, a model whose fashion portrait I painted live yesterday from YouTube live posing. So much fun trying to capture the essence of her face in short bursts of poses! More about this project on Instagram.
If you like my paintings, sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina  Today, for Week 46 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories, I painted a fashion portrait for live model Nicolle again. I love her messy braid and loose do, very boho bridal. Check out more on Instagram. Like my paintings? Sign up for my FREE fashion illustration calendar delivered in your inbox each month - To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe Here' button at the top of my blog page. You'll receive a brand new piece of artwork from me with each month's calendar. xo Cristina    Painted live model Jin's fashion portrait again last week for Week 45 of my 52 Live Fashion Stories - getting so close to 52 weeks ... only 7 more weeks to go!
 Portrait of live model Aurora last week, with a longing look in her eyes, for Week 44 of 52 Live Fashion Stories.
 On Thursday night, March 1st, I attended the opening of my very first art show! So exciting!! I have the honor to be one of 13 artists to exhibit work at the Critical Content Art Initiative at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood from March until August. What an honor to be featured among so many talented and creative people! ♡ My brand new artwork for this exhibit is a series of six monochromatic acrylic portraits on 24”x36” canvases. These portraits are inspired by the classic Hollywood beauties and iconic women Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Greta Garbo, Bette Davis and Ingrid Bergman. Strong women, with unique personalities and creative talent, who were able to evoke emotion with a simple glance. Their eyes could not be more different, yet each one could pierce the silver screen with a unique and identifiable well placed look. When I started thinking about what I wanted to bring to this exhibit, I knew I wanted to create a series of simple and minimal monochrome paintings. The glamour and style of the Hollywood Golden Age have always been a powerful influence for me, especially the monochromatic feel of black and white movies. While I was growing up in Eastern Europe, behind the dreaded 'iron curtain', my access to movies was pretty much limited to old classics - we didn't even own a color tv! Our photos were mostly black and white too, because color film was too expensive and hard to come by. Our entire life was lived in shades of grey, in more ways than one. Even though I grew up decades later, in many ways I was more connected to the 40's and 50's and to that aesthetic focused on shape, values and contrast more than color. Can you imagine the colorful 80's in black and white? I mean, the 80's! There was no color explosion for me during that time, that's for sure, and even as a kid I was drawn to grey, much to my mother's frustration :-) Of the six portraits I painted, I try not to play favorites, but Vivien Leigh is up there for me. With a simple raising of an eyebrow, she made Scarlett O'Hara an iconic and fierce character - her famous last line in 'Gone With The Wind', 'After all, tomorrow is another day' is filled with both sheer determination and hope.   Katharine Hepburn is one of the strongest inspirations for me. Her quote 'If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun' is something I think about often. And I hope I am at least somewhat successful at having some of that fun ...   Sophia Loren was quoted as saying: 'Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful'. What a great lesson in self-confidence! Believing in ourselves is definitely something we can all use more.   'I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong' - Greta Garbo's wish to make all right with the world.   Bette Davis believed you should 'Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work'. Fearless!   'I regret the things I didn't do, not what I did' said Ingrid Bergman. Follow your heart, do the things you want to do, and don't let anything stop you.   Spending time with each of these leading ladies, getting to know them better as I painted their portraits was a big leap for me as an artist, and it certainly made me feel like I was not letting doubt or fear of the end result stop me from doing something I really wanted to do. I knew I would not regret pushing forward, but I would definitely regret not going for it. It's all about taking a chance and following your heart and your intuition.  The opening was so much fun, and I was very happy to have reinforcements for moral support :-)
A huge thank you to my awesome and always supportive boyfriend Keith, for always being there for me, in so many ways, big and small 😘 and to my cool friends Natalie, Quincy, Mimi and Norris who took time out of their busy schedules in the middle of the week to come out to West Hollywood on a Thursday night. I know it's not an easy thing to do after work, and in rush hour traffic, no less! Thanks for all your support and encouragement, you guys, on this night and always - love you all so much ♡
Thanks, Norris, for taking many of the pics and for the DSLR crash course, this iPhone girl is definitely a convert now ;-)  Mimi even let me borrow some of her stylish photo poses, too, lol. Always so much fun with these two!  My portraits will be on display at Critical Content until August and available for purchase. Thanks for having me, Critical Content! And thank you so much Colette Daze @cocolettied for your kindness and support, the opening was a huge success, you did an incredible job pulling it all together! Congratulations, my friend! 😘 If you’re not familiar with @CriticalContent, they produce some great shows like Limitless on CBS and The Writer’s Room on Sundance – check out their website at criticalcontent.com Last but not least, thank you to everyone who came on Thursday night to support the artists and the show! Congratulations to all the participating artists! You guys are amazingly talented and inspiring! All my best to you ♡ ps - The exhibit will be up through August at the Critical Content address below, if you would like to check it out:   Your FREE copy of the March Cristina Tudor 2018 fashion illustration calendar is here! Yay!! Thank you all for your support, and I hope you've signed up for my free gift to you 🙏 To get your FREE PRINTABLE CALENDAR for March: click on the 'Subcribe Here' button at the top of my blog. That's it! After you sign up, you will automatically receive a printable calendar in your inbox each month this year :-)) Each month of the calendar will feature one of my original watercolor illustrations. The calendar is 8.5” x 11” and can be printed in color or black and white. Here's a sneak peak at the month of March, Crocus Girl, dreaming of blooming spring flowers - sign up today to get her in your inbox instantly:  So where in the world is Crocus Girl traveling today, all the way from Los Angeles? Tag your pics of the calendar with #ctudorcalendar on Instagram and on Pinterest to let me know, it would be super cool to see where she's going to meet you 🌎  Share my website link cristinatudor.com/blog with friends and family so they can get their free calendars, too! :-) Happy March! xo Cristina ps Please be mindful: the calendar artwork is copyrighted ©cristinatudor.com The calendar is for your personal use only, cannot be duplicated or redistributed, and it is not for resale. Thank you for respecting copyrights and supporting creativity 🙏  |
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