Watercolor Demo Portrait

16 minutes tutorial video with Portuguese subtitles

Vídeo de 16 minutos sobre pintura de aquarela com legendas em Português.

Charcoal Draw

Charcoal and white chalk

9x11in/20x30 on Mi-Tientes paper

New Year´s resolutions

Draw, draw, draw....did I mention draw? Now seriously: I spent 2012 practicing gesture drawing heavily, trying to make it a habit. This will remain during 2013, but I aim to increase the load on finished pieces.
Earlier today I was reading Walt Stanchfield Lectures volume II and stepped into the following Sanskrit poem related to this new year´s resolutions we all do by the end of the year and forget during January:

Look to this day 

for it is life

the very life of life

In its brief course lie all

the realities and truths

of existence.

The joy of growth

the splendor of action

the glory of power

For yesterday is

but a memory

And tomorrow is 

only a vision

But today well lived

makes every yesterday

a memory of happiness

and tomorrow a vision

of hope

Look well, therefore,

to this day!

Have a great 2013:)

Black & White Charcoal

Black & White Charcoal

Charcoal on Marrakesh paper

Cast Drawing

Sketchbook inside Louvre´s museum

practice...practice

sketchbook pages...& studies

Girl with a Pearl Earring

 Fooling around on my sketchbook, with prismacolor pencil

Drawing

John Mayall - early 60´s white charcoal on W&N pastel paper

Portrait: graphitti

graphitti on Vellum paper

Sebastian - Acrylic cast study

Starting 2011 studying.

Taking  advantage over some free time and latest Christmas gifts. Tried to find a live model, but found this small buddy on my living room (cast model)

Acrylics on Fabriano watercolor paper

(7x9" / 18x24cm)

Pencil sketch

Black & White drawings

I have been studying hard lately, specially on black & white drawings and study paintings. Bellow are two examples of completed studies.

Scratchboard 8x11in

(in case you're interested to know  what scratchboard is, check this link on wikipedia)

Pencil on Mitientes paper- Detail

Memory Lane

This is a wedding gift commission for a Canadian customer. The original idea was to depict several places and important dates which were part of their lives until the wedding date.

After a lot of sketches and ideas, we reached an interesting result. Bellow is the final painting.

Memory Lane

Watercolor, Pen & Ink on Fabriano Artistico board

(10x16in)

Dream a little dream of me...

Stars shining bright above you

Night breezes seem to whisper ‘I love you?

Birds singing in the sycamore tree

Dream a little dream of me...

Figure Drawing

10 minute pose on sketchbook

Figure Drawing

Grafitti, chalk on W&N pastel paper.

Reference photo from Renoux

Sketches for Drawing Day

Sketches for the Drawing Day´09:

Igreja da Consolação-São Paulo

Draw, draw, draw

Some recent sketches and studies.

E.C. was here...

Slowhand circa 80´s...

(White chalk on Mi-Tientes brown paper)

So I decided to blog...

...and share the latest pieces I´m working on.

Thanks for stepping by and feel free to post your comments or questions.

(Jeff Beck - white chalk on Windsor & Newton pastel board)