I started sketching on cheap plain white pages sketchbooks. At that time my sketchbooks were a mix of planners and sketchbooks , I put everything on it, stamps, addresses, phone numbers , sculpture projects, collages, reminders, you name it , I sketched with the same pen or pencil I wrote. But one day I boughtContinue reading “Why all the fuzz about sketchbooks”
Author Archives: Paula Lourenco
Paula’s Aquatints -Copper etching
My Copper etching- aquatint
Simple life – sketches
Do you want start sketching?
Some people I met while sketching usually says “I wish I could sketch like that” . Well, you can. Really ! Once, a little child , maybe 5 or 6 years hold, asked me how I did that sketch, she was looking to the sketch and the real view at a time, she was reallyContinue reading “Do you want start sketching?”
Why do I sketch
Why do I sketch ? Well I sketch to really see the world, one sight and one view, each time. Even the views that are around me all the time, became new , when I take my time to sketch them. Why don’t I take a photo and move on? Because sketching it’s different fromContinue reading “Why do I sketch”
Sketching gear ;)
This post is for those like me that are always looking for the perfect pencil case and the perfect sketchbook. I’ll show you my actual sketching gear but first some of my past ones. This one is from three years ago, the pencil case came from Russia, from Artskill.com it’s real leather and orange it’sContinue reading “Sketching gear ;)”
Simple life 🙂
I have a simple life. I work, I eat, I smoke, I have a coffee with a friend and I come home to cuddle my two biggest friends in the world, Tito the dog and Teca the cat. Sometimes I do not come home immediately, I stop somewhere to sketch a bit. That’s the wayContinue reading “Simple life 🙂”
Sketching gear 😜
Well these are my three beautys , my most beloved pens. The first one is a Sailor 1911, the queen of pens, soft and juicy on watercolor paper, the second is a Namiki Falcon, an holdy extra soft and flexy lovely pen, the third is my trusty Hero Fude , I love to draw withContinue reading “Sketching gear 😜”
