Community Art

Always great to beautify our town with the youth of our community.  This is my second time doing projects with troop 4531!  One of them was my student since elementary and is now in middle school.  Time is going! click the link for more images. Fun Times ?

I met the Mayor of San Diego ?

I met Mayor Todd Gloria recently during a community event in Mira Mesa honoring Miramar Martial Arts Academy.  I was introduced to him as Mira Mesa’s community artist and he said that he liked my work!  I tried to play it cool, but I think I was stuttering and thankful for the comment.  Later we Read more about I met the Mayor of San Diego ?[…]

Painting at the Kimpton

I had a great time painting with my fun painters Kimpton Hotel Palomar San Diego ?✨ We painted the night away and shared lots of laughs. ? to see more images click this link.

AAPI Heritage Month Art

I just wanted to share some of my art for AAPI heritage month.                 I shared it with my fellow AAPI and got overwhelmingly positive responses.  ✨☀️ I am very appreciative of the encouragement especially in these times… AsianHustleNetwork SocalFilipinos  

Painting in Rancho Santa Fe Farms

It was fun painting with my clients on their special day at the comfort of their home. ?✨ My clients mentioned in their family that they believe that their loved ones who have passed turn into hummingbirds and so we got to create art that has more meaning which I very much love to do. Read more about Painting in Rancho Santa Fe Farms[…]

Landscape Painting

Painting landscape fosters feelings of peace and that’s partly why I do it.  It’s also a good study of colors and light relationships especially during plein-air.  In this video you will see my painting process from start to finish.  

Pokémon Art

We did a little bit of everything this class (sculpture, drawing, and painting).  I love seeing my students light up when we create artwork that is of their interest.  I believe art is a development of technical skills, dexterity, and focus.  However art should also be engaging.  If my art project fails to capture my Read more about Pokémon Art[…]

Painting in the Sunshine

I had a great time with these ladies in the San Diego sunshine ☀️ . We had good drinks and good company for a fun and relaxing birthday painting. ✨? ?…  and as usual all of my painters did awesome! – (btw everyone was vaccinated) more images when you click this link   instagram.com/sandiegopaintparty

Design Student

I taught my art student how to sketch quickly in perspective. This is super useful so she can show her clients her visual ideas as she is a professional interior designer.  She wanted to learn one point and two point perspective and so I showed her some good techniques she will be able to use Read more about Design Student[…]

Sculpture

It’s been a sculpture and drawing kind of week. I was showing my students a few very useful techniques in both mediums. I was also trying to get them to understand how our sketching translates to the beginning clay process such as how we make big simple shapes (which is like how we sketch) to Read more about Sculpture[…]

Faces of Mira Mesa

Leo Reyes   I am not really good at interviews and I still am not, but I think I am getting better every time I get to do another.  For example right at the first paragraph I grew up twice ? which might be accurate, but it’s also not…  Anyway thank you for reading my Read more about Faces of Mira Mesa[…]

Painting in downtown San Diego

I painted with a bunch of fun and cute Parisians on the roof of a building in downtown San Diego.  With the vaccines rolling out I am hoping that this could be a regular thing once more before all of our collective  lives took a turn. My painters were so high spirited and we had Read more about Painting in downtown San Diego[…]