Thoughts about art – La Belle Cicatrice

What is drawing?

Sometimes I wonder what’s the point of just copying a photo, and maybe that’s why I always try to go a little further, either trying to create movement with the multiple poses or going a little further back and creating the image from scratch. When I knew that Desirée was coming home to collaborate inContinue reading “What is drawing?”

Pencil vs Watercolor

Sometimes, when I make a drawing for myself, before starting, I have doubts, pencil or watercolor? With the pencil I feel more confident and I find my own style. With watercolor I have a lot to learn but at the same time you learn by practicing, there is no other. And watercolor tends to beContinue reading “Pencil vs Watercolor”

Celle

I like to draw the same person several times. It’s like a small relationship where some days you’re more inspired, others cost you more and there’s always some drawing that stands out and ends up being memorable in your memory. It also allows you to see the evolution. I’m a big fan of compilations

An eternity

I made this drawing five months ago. It seems like an eternity. The loss of my job, a forced confinement and the closing of my account when I was really taking off. Today I’m re-publishing it and it allows me to look back. In 5 months you learn a lot, change dynamics and improve inContinue reading “An eternity”

#faceyourart

The face is always the most complicated part of a drawing. You have to capture the essence of the person and at the same time do it in an aesthetic way. You can’t get away from their features because in that case, however great the drawing is, the person won’t be seen in it. ThroughContinue reading “#faceyourart”

The original

Many times when a buyer receives the drawing at home the first thing he tells me is: the original looks much better. It’s frustrating sometimes to be working on a drawing, to be enjoying so much of the subtlety of some color shades, of the pencil line that looks fantastic… and then you scan theContinue reading “The original”

Papers

One of the things I’ve had the most trouble with is finding the right paper for each type of drawing. I started out with no big deal and bought (or was given) sketchbooks and any one of them would do for me as long as I had a lot of paper. When I started toContinue reading “Papers”

To alternate

I like to alternate between pencil and watercolor. The pencil allows me a relaxation that I have not yet found with watercolor, but I know that watercolors have more acceptance. In the end everything is complementary and to continue practicing only with the pencil improves my skills also with the watercolor. For this drawing IContinue reading “To alternate”