5th Urban Sketching Symposium: Brazil - Part 3

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Can you guess the mood? Nina Johansson had us channeling stress and calm and sadness and joy in her workshop and interpreting those emotions in our marks and our colors.

Mood exercise, Paraty, Brazil

Calm | stress mood exercise, Paraty, Brazil

Amazing how choices of color and line style can completely alter the feel of a sketch.

Fish market, Paraty, Brazil

Paul Heaston taught us about wide angles, challenging us to cram everything we could see from ear to ear into a fisheye rendering of the world.

Fish-eye view sketch of Paraty, Brazil

View down the lane, Paraty, Brazil

Our lovely B&B, Pousada Pontal Gardens, had a two-person kayak for guest use. So we carried it to the beach and bobbed along the water. As M. paddled, I held on for dear life (it reinforced my dislike of sit-on-top kayaks) and sketched the view, leaning over to dip my brush in the water.

Sketch from the kayak, Paraty, Brazil

Too soon it was time to leave. I kept a pen and sketchbook handy from sunrise at Pontal Beach to day's end in Rio, so I could capture little vignettes from the transport van.

Fishing boat, Paraty, Brazil

Vignettes from the minivan, Paraty, Brazil

Quick sketch from the minivan, Paraty, Brazil

Boats in the distance, Paraty, Brazil

Sketch of Christo Redentor from the minivan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

We spent the last two days relaxing at the Sheraton Rio, listening to the hypnotic crash of the waves on the beach. We had fabulous food in Leblon, especially at Q Bistro Brasileiro.

Lunch at Q Bistro Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Before heading to the airport, I sat in the Sheraton Club Lounge and drew the Chacara do Ceu favela on the hillside. Interesting to sketch, to be sure, but heartbreaking -- when the rains come in the summer, we were told, the sirens sound for evacuation as it's not safe for the residents to stay lest there be a landslide.

View of Chacara do Ceu favela from Sheraton, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

I miss you already, Brazil -- and now I see why you make us get a 10-year visa: we can't resist your lures for long.

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  1. I've really enjoyed seeing your sketches from Brazil. I especially like the one you obviously did from the kayak as well as the one of the building with the bike in front of it.

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