Tanya Torres  
Art for Love, Peace and Joy

Mary Magdalene , watercolor on Arches paper, 9” wide by 12” height, 2025. I started this watercolor this week, but was only able to finish it today. It starts with a simple drawing I use sometimes when I want to get some proportions I find pleasing. I remember drawing this “seed” drawing, one of those line drawings that just come out harmonious in a few lines. The image is always a little different even if I use the original drawing as a guide. Watercolor is a medium I use wh

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene I’ve been struggling a lot with exhaustion these past weeks, and so I have not been posting daily as I would have wanted. But today I decided it’s been too long and too much exhaustion in the evenings, so I decided to drink some coffee at 3pm. I know that, for me, that might mean a sleepless night, especially since I haven’t been drinking much coffee beyond the morning for the last 8 years, unless it’s the weekend. It’s part of my sleep disci

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene I worked from home today, so I had a couple of extra hours of life to create. I had promised myself I...

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene “I truly believe that that's why devotion works for people when they're devoted to their practice,...

The story of Medusa and the Magdalene’s hair in my work…