Teresopolis - studies

Traveled with a few friends from my study group to a neighboring city this weekend, where one of our friends owns a place. It's situated where a recent natural disaster killed over 1000 people. Though the destruction is visible everywhere, it's still a place of inspiration and with vastly beautiful nature. Shame we did not have much time. These are a couple of the few studies I was able to make there, both charcoal on paper (Strathmore and Arches respectively) and from nature.

Woodcut study

A study done on photoshop for a future chiaroscuro woodcut. The portrayed is my relief and metal engraving teacher Marcos Varela, aka Marcão. Few details still need refining.

Landscape study II

Another study, this time on Art Rage. Turned out to be much harder than I thought, and the end result isn't quite what I expected. Wanted more of a loose brush work and a faster painting, but turned out pretty loaded in the end.

Landscape study

Semi-quick study of a landscape on photoshop so to not (completely) forget how to paint with the program. Will try different things with the next one, maybe on art rage for the painterly effect.

Charcoal studies

Couple of charcoal studies, first from life, two friends I study with, done with vine charcoal and charcoal pencil. Last is a Hans Holbein copy done with charcoal pencil.

Pastel Portrait - Fernanda

Took me about 3 months from start to finish, mainly because of the blouse pattern which would have me simply not do anything for days until I regained courage to continue. Some WIPs of this over at the portuguese version.

Pastel on paper, 50x70 cm

Jurgen Gustav Woogglesforth

Portrait of a friend.Wish I had used the smoother side.


Pastel on Canson Mi-teintes, a tad larger than A3.

New Lithographs

A more refined and a more experimental approach for these 2 lithographs I did this semester. I wanted to experiment all the way but I could only manage to give up the details when I had almost no time left, which resulted in the man with the guitar. The tusche wash didn't come out as I'd hope it would but it was a very fast work so that's a victory to me at least.

The first one was inspired by the Carl Sagan book The Demon-Haunted World, representing science as a candle (or lamp) in the dark. More works on this theme will come on a different technique, copperplate etching and engraving.