Afternoon Sketches

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Quick ballpoint pen sketches done this rainy afternoon.
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More Handouts...

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More handouts developed to help my Figure Drawing students.
The big empty areas are reserved for text.
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Male Figure Handout

Hello folks!
This is a quick handout I prepared for my Figure Drawing students.
As you can see there's some room left for text.
I'll be writing some guidelines for drawing the male figure later tonight.
Something about body language, gesture and proportions, I believe you heard that about a thousand times already so I decided to spare you from another lecture.
Thanks for stopping by. I'll try to keep the blog updated regularly.

Long time no See...

Hello everybody!
Life's been terribly hectic.
I've been teaching 30 hours a week and I haven't had time to post anything.
When the week is over, all I want is to spend some time with my wife and kid (and get some sleep).
It's not that I haven't sketched because I have been sketching in class.
The sketches above were done between my last post and this one.
Thanks for your patience. For those following my blog, my deepest apologies.
I'll try harder to keep it updated.
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Some Primates...

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Some studies of gorillas done with blue pencil on sketchbook.
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Animal Sketches

Hello folks! How are you doing?
I was looking at some pictures I took at the farm and decided to get the rust out of the system.
Although the sketches were drawn from photographs, I tried to be as quick and as loose as possible.
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Vacation Sketch

Howdy partners!
A page from my sketchbook, drawn this afternoon using black colored pencil and 3B pencil. It's vacation time and I'm on the road so I didn't have time, nor access to a scanner but I felt I needed to post something. The image quality is not that good because it was taken with a small digital camera. The sketches were done from photographs (I wish I had a model but what the heck? - I think it's better to draw from photographs than not to draw at all).
Thanks for stopping by and for the encouragement words and critiques.
See you next update.

First Sketch of 2010

Hello folks!
Happy New Year!
These are the first sketches of 2010, they were drawn yesterday, from Tv.
Hope you'll enjoy them.
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Happy Holidays!

Howdy folks!
Just stopped by to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
This quick digital sketch was done yesterday afternoon in order to celebrate the holiday spirit with you.
Thanks for stopping by (throughout the whole year) and for putting up with all my nonsense.

Busy as Heck...

Howdy folks, things have been pretty busy this time of the year. I haven't had time to work on some personal stuff. Things will be back to normal but it will take some time. In the meantime I felt I needed to post something.
I sketched some products, they're very loose, just an exercise to get the rust out of the system.
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Hectic...

Hello folks, things have been pretty chaotic around here lately.
Here goes a little quick sketch.
Thanks for your patience.

It's Been a While...

Howdy! Things are pretty hectic around here so I decided to post a little something.
It's not much but it's an update.
Pencil charcoal on toned paper.
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Quick Sketch of Victoria

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This is a quick sketch of one of my students. It didn't turn out exactly like her, it has a certain resemblance and I thought it was worth posting. I like the feeling of the sketch, it was done quickly and loose, not much thinking involved.
Pencil on sketchbook.
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Happy Halloween Everyone!

Hello folks!
It's that time of the year again! Gonna stuff my belly with candy, watch Tv and play with my son.
This quick Halloween illustration is for all of you out there. Thanks for your support throughout the whole year!
Trick or treat... smell my feet... give me something good to eat...
Thanks for looking.

Portrait of Adonis

Hello folks! This is a 15 minute sketch done from life this afternoon.
Adonis is a professional model as well as a graphic designer.
Feel free to check his work here.
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Quick Head Study

Howdy partners!
This is a quick sketch done with pencil.
It's not much but it's an update nonetheless.
Thanks for your patience.

PS: I'm also contributing - along with other artists - for Edde Wagner's ARTE SEM REGRAS blog. Congrats Edde for the initiative!

A Few More Sketches from Life

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These were sketched this afternoon during Figure Drawing class.
Vine charcoal on sketchbook.
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Self-Portrait

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This digital sketch started out as a simple montage - I wanted to make a unique self-portrait/profile picture - and it evolved towards a quick illustration. The montage itself didn't turn out very good, then I thought "Hey, I haven't painted anything for a while..." so I decided to use the crude montage as a reference for this quick digital sketch.
Hope you guys enjoy it. It was fun painting it.
Later folks!

Shall We Dance?

Hello folks!
A quick sketch, fresh from the oven.
Micron pen and colored markers.
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Silhouette Studies

Howdy partners!
Some quick Silhouette studies done with markers on sketchbook.
I took a time off the nonsense for a bit - "Serenity now, insanity later". More nonsense coming soon.
Thanks for looking.