On a clear, sunny day in early September, eight urban sketchers spent a day together on Sugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By sharing our sketches and notes as a single post, we hope to share what we experienced: the excitement and the magic that comes from exchanging ideas, trying new […]
I’d like to tell you a bit about the Afraid of Colour? sketching workshops I ran for the Symposium, especially for those who weren’t in Paraty, as we had rather more drama than anticipated… Even before I left the UK, the weather forecasters were saying that my first and main teaching day was going to be dreadful weather. […]
Historic Paraty is a town of whitewashed homes and churches. Only the bright doors and windows and the terracotta roofs add spots of color. But the boats of Paraty are a different story. They are unabashedly colorful with equally colorful names. Painting those boats made me wish I had pepto bismol pink and bright baby blue […]
We are just back from the 2014 Urban Sketchers symposium in Paraty Brazil. I can’t begin to explain how great it was without waxing philosophical. When you’re traveling, every view is fresh. The excitement of exploration gets into your sketches. Your work is tuned up by the heightened perception and the opportunity to sketch without […]
Before the symposium, I had a full day to get my bearings in Paraty, so I decided to use one of the concertina sketchbooks I made recently to record my day and what I could see as I walked around. I started with the Santa Rita (nicknamed ‘Liz’s Church’, after Liz Steel of course, because it was her […]
I participated in the 5th Urban Sketching Symposium in Paraty, Brazil. Without this event, I wouldn’t have visited this county as first South American nation to visit, especially concerning the distance and the language matter… But I’m so glad I did! Brazilians are friendly, kind, down to earth and a bit shay people (as far […]
Home now from the Urban Sketchers Symposium in far-away Paraty, Brazil, I’m currently reflecting on the work I created there, and thinking about the Workshop I taught called “Capturing Intangibles.” The goal of the short class was to learn to create more meaningful sketches by intent and by design. Intangibles are not the persons, places […]
[By Juliana Russo in São Paulo, Brasil] A quick drawing on the street looking toward the Viaduto Santa Ifigênia minutes before finding Jason Das and Eduardo Bajzek in Mercadão Municipal. How Delphine Priollaud said, less is more!
Drawings in my neighborhood, streets, streetlights and dust. Rua Quinta da Magnólia / Rua Valença do Minho – Jardim Brasília (27/01/2014) Balcão da padaria Anjo da guarda – Cidade Líder (05/02/2014) Rua Bilimbi / Rua Manuel Pinheiro de Albuquerque- Jardim Brasília (29/01/2014) Avenida Waldemar Tietz – Cohab I (01/02/2014) Gamelinha (07/05/2014) Rua Pedro Luís de […]
There is another outstanding competition going on during the World Cup: two condo complex, near home in Sao Paulo / Brazil, compete to see which has the biggest flag. Both are huge! We’re talking about 60 meters (near 200 ft) tall flags! They weight 350kg (770 lb) and cost more than 7,000 USD each. The […]
It’s been such a long time since I posted in here! Here are some pics and sketches I did last Sunday, in Sao Paulo – Brazil, at city downtown. This was the official 35th Urban Sketchers meeting in SP. Avanhandava St. is a charming, narrow street, with some pretty good restaurants. A good choice for […]
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