More Sketches

More from my sketchbook. These were taken as studies from Mike Mattesi's "Force" book. I highly recommend this book to anyone involved with human figure drawing. This book is a gem! Happy New Year!!!

I'm Back!!!

Sorry I've been away for so long. But I'm back!! I have a couple of life drawings to show you. Here they are!!

Sweeties (Finally!)

Well friends!! I did it!! Two nights painting and here's the result (sorry for taking me so long to post it here). Oh, and by the way, it was delivered on time.. Thanks!!

Which One?

Sorry for my delay on posting, but I've been working like hell lately. This is a pencil study for an e-Magazine illustration. It will be painted in oils, hopefully until Friday, because that's my deadline. What.. did I say Friday?? Oh my.... Gotta run! (Thanks Mariana!!)

Hot Links List 1

Hello everybody. These links are of some of the coolest guys and blogs I know of. Check it out and enjoy it (a lot)!!!

Juan Pablo Lopez: http://juampadalton.blogspot.com/

Bógar Chancay: http://obramia.blogspot.com/

Jörn Gebert: http://augetotal.blogspot.com/

Nacho Molina: http://nachomolinablog.blogspot.com/

Sylvain: http://sylv1k.blogspot.com/

I'll post more links soon. See ya!

Yoga Class

This is a drawing of my wife, nine months pregnant, on an Yoga Class.

The Lord of the Rings

Hi Friends! This is a painting I did in one of the classes I teach. From a Liv Tyler's photograph, it took me three hours to paint it, from blank canvas to the painting you now see; no pencil drawing underneath. The purpose being the organization of the planes and proportion of the face. See you next post!

My New Website

Hi folks! It's been a while since my last post. I'm working on a couple of projects at the same time which is preventing me from updating my blog (also preventing me from sleeping, eating, going out, and everything else [somebody bring me some food pleeeease!!!!!]).
But I (somehow) found some time to build my new (and definitive, I hope) website/portfolio.
You can check it out at: http://www.rgillustration.com/ . See you there. And don't forget to sign my Guestbook! Cheers!!
PS: expect new image posts here soon.

My Studio

Hello friends! I thought it would be nice to share with you some details of my studio. It's a very light place (don't be mistaken, I took the pictures at night), with large windows, well ventilated. The only drawback are the sunny days. Sometimes it gets hotter than hell!! But even on sunny days it's a very pleasant place to work. It's here I spend most of my hours, mostly at night and weekends. If I have a large drawing to do I use the bigger easel. If it's too small I will use the smaller easel. Well, that's it. Welcome to my studio!!

On this picture you can see my main easel (I have 4). It's a big, sturdy, heavy, stable easel that holds canvas up to 3 meters high. At left, my table with my (clean) pallete, a selection of my brushes, paper towel, paints; laying on the back of my easel are some canvases and panels; at right another (smaller) easel I use for sketches and smaller paintings.

This is a close up of my table, and you can see a couple of books I'm using for reference, my Palmtop (where would I be without it!), and the cable tv control (where would I be without it!!).

Ricardo Guimaraes' Illustrations

Hello friends!! I'm glad to announce that I just published 8 of my (portfolio) illustrations at Castle Magazine #11 (September issue). It's a wonderful German online magazine about Illustration, Art & Design. You can download it at http://www.castlemagazine.de/ (pdf). It's free, so what are you waiting for!!