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Yesterday (29/03), I was at the Museum of Image and Sound of São Paulo for Tim Burton's expo. It was actually my third visit to the expo and I simply adore his original artworks. I don't consider myself a big fan of Tim's, but I fell in love with everything being showcased, from his earliest works to the compositions, his ideas, play with words and concepts. Really worth the long lines, in my opinion. They don't allow pictures of the expo itself, but I made sure to draw lots each visit! The entrance My first visit was on February 16th, here are some pics: (it gets better, I promisse!)

Progress shots of watercolor study, reference used was a painting by Tom Hedderick :) I used my Canson One sketchbook for this painting, A4 size. I really like this sketchbook for paintings, it handles watercolor and ink very well although it's very different from painting on a 100% cotton paper, it's much better than other cellulose papers I've tried that claim to be made for watercolor (like Montval).

I have bought a Fabriano sketchbook a couple of weeks ago :) It's A5 size, its binding is beautiful! It was super affordable and I appreciate the landscape format. I'm not too fond of its pages though, the paper can't handle fountain pens, it holds ink okay with a brush though. I'm somewhat disappointed with the paper's quality to be honest. Watercolor is a big no, even a tgin layer is staining the back of the page, but I'll keep using this sketchbook till the end! I'm a sketchbook lover ❤

Okay so I've been having trouble with the mobile app for blogger and haven't posted cause I am lazy... :P So here's some pics I took with some friends at the cafe yesterday~ Go Carvalho wrote those on mine and Seiji's arms ❤ isnt his caligraphy awesome?? Carol took this pic and I really liked it :D And that's about it!

I was at the launch of a book last week, in which my friend Eduardo Seiji participated as a guest artist ❤ His art is suberb looking, I'm a total sucker for his art! The book is a tribute to Edgard Alan Poe, there are a lot of tales written by several writers inspired by his works. It was a fun event, I had never been in a book launch~ wanted to leave a post here cause I wanted to register this moment, so yeah! My friend was really nervous, I'm so happy he's getting the recognition he deserves ❤❤❤

I have been invited to draw in a documentary about life drawing among a lot of artists, and today was shooting day! :D I was pretty nervous because of the shooting itself, I hadnt been to a life drawing session in a while and they will use the drawings we all produced in this session so I felt pressured to draw anything that looked good haha. The poses started as fast as 2 minutes, then increased to 5 and finished off with 10 minute poses. Life drawing sessions are great, one of the best ways to train and study in my opinion. I particularly love them! Octavio Cariello, who is an artist I really look up to, was there as a guest artist as well and he made a portrait of me while we waited *_*❤ After the session, I quickly took some photos of the drawings I made:

Yesterday, a couple of friends and I went to a book fair that is taking place at the University of São Paulo, where the books are discounted up to 50%~ it was so crowded! To tell you the truth, I havent bought any books in ages ^^; I didn't even think I would buy any so I had no money with me haha. This fair certainly re-awaken the book worm in me... So I bought this beautiful fanzine with quotes from several writers and philosophers. The theme is hate, and it's beautifully illustrated! There was another edition about madness, which my friend bought :D I also brought home this book written by Bruna Vieira, illustrated by Lu Cafaggi, which had been on my wishlist for a while! Lu Cafaggi's art style is so beautiful, she's someone I really look up to, I had to have this book Really happy about those purchases, and I definitely want to buy a book to actually read before the year ends. Been eyeing some Murakami works - I simply adore his writing! Are you reading anyt...