This year we have chosen together the colour of the summer sketchbook thank to your vates on my social accounts. Anche the winner is… ORANGE!
Cover experience
Here we go with thecover of the seaside sketchbook 3×5 cm. As usual a selfportrait opens the “parade” of landscapes and live scenes from Cesenatico and Cervia. For real time updates watch my facebook and Instagram stories.
Memories
Other years, other seasons, the same place. Watch here the pages from the previous sketchbooks of Cesenatico and Cervia (Italy)
As well as the show artworks are dedicated to the women who made a lot for the progress of science but rested unknown because of discrimination. The portraits are made with coffee, juice and chocolate used as watercolours.
Meet them all
Arete from CireneGeneviève Thiroux d’ArconvilleSusan Jocelyn BellRosalind FranklinLise MeitnerNew Watercolor Different artworks
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Inktober is the international art challenge that connects a lot of illustrators around the world. 31 days, 31 words, paper and ink. Inktober 2022 red sketchbook was born by the cut of the notebook in bigger size.
Little red sketchbook of Inktober 2022 from unboxing to the cut
Treat or trick by Inktober 2022 sketchbook
The illustration dedicated to Halloween is the result of digital college of 2 ink drawings. One of them, the “Uh-oh” illustration was the most difficult to find the subject to draw of all the challenge.
Halloween inktober 2022
Inktober 2022 & Co
Scroll al the illustrations of Inktober sketchbook 2022. The topics and bonus illustrations.
inktober 2022 illustrations
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What do you imagine when one says “Moscow”? Probably you think about Kremlin, Red Square or St. Basil’s Cathedral… OK, that are the most famous places full of tourists. I will show you another Moscow beyond the Kremlin.
Maybe it sounds strange, but most of the Muscovites does not see Kremlin from the window. An average Moscow landscape is something like this:
Moscow real urban sketchMoscova urbanChurch and skyscapersFrom my window. Another Moscow beyond the Kremlin. Acrylic and ink
The ancient churches and cathedrals standing among the skyscrapers, active and dismantled factories and the high tension cables all around.
Dacha
Dacha is the name for a country house. It is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs. The noun “dacha”, coming from verb “davat” (to give), originally referred to land allotted by the tsar to his nobles; and indeed the dacha in Soviet times is similar to the allotment in some Western countries, normally free, to citizens by the local government for gardening or growing vegetables for personal consumption. Since some time avery my journey to Russia I visit “dacha” of my family. In autumn the country landscapes are coloured by the red and yellow leaves of the trees.
Autumn leavesSunriseSunsetCountry landscapes. Acrylic and ink
Still-lifes
Usually you will see big and small plats with fruit or vegetables and more in the kitchens of muscovites. These place tell a lot about people who live in there. Here are some still-lifes drawn in different places..
Moscow City
It is one of the most recent and ambitious parts of Moscow. MIBC (Moscow International Business Center), also known as Moscow-City is situated about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) west of Red Square. Here you will find the headquarters of the banks, web companies like Yandex, Mail.ru, Kaspersky and the luxury apartments and restaurants. But you will unlikely find average muscovites in this major financial centre in Europe.
Moscow City. Business district. Acrylic and ink
Selfy time
When you come to Moscow there is no way to avoid the places for postcards and films. Muscovites unlikely come here often because there are a lot of tourists. You are absolutely justified to take some photos with Red Square, Kremlin, University of Moscow and other monuments and places of interest.
CremlinBehind the Red SquareCthedralMoscow famous views. Acrylic and ink
Ready to take off
The trip takes almost whole day and consists in waiting most of the time. The time passed standing in ine to check-in, passport control, in boarding zone, in flight for me is an occasion to sketch a chaotic life of the airport and aircraft. By the way, if you want to save time and money make the COVID test directly in the airport. It takes just 1 hour. Here are some pictures of Malpensa (Italy) and Sheremetievo (Russia) airoports:
Wainting for the boardingBoarding zoneIn the aircraftMoscow Airport Sheremetievo. Acrylic and ink
It’s time to take off and switch off the devices… see you next trip!
p.s. How I did it.
The story of Moscow fall sketchbook 2021 started in April of the same year when my father passed away. Among his belongings I found an almost blanc agenda of 1995. So I decided to use that notebook to tell Moscow as it seen by a muscovite. The pages are covered with transparent acrylic paint to give a right space to the original page format on the background and the sketch in front line.
Acrylic backgroundCover experienceLandscape in progressWork in progressmoments of Moscow fall sketchbook
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A 4 stop journey long 2 months will take us to explore the contemporary art around Torino (Italy). From 23rd October to 1st November 2020 the first “stop” is coming up at l’ARTiglieria Contemporary Art Center in Torino (Italy) Piazzetta Accademia Militare 3. My artworks and me will be there to celebrate with you the creativity as a source of live and rebirthing. Open hours: Saturday 10 am – 8 pm (GMT+1) Sunday 10 am – 8 pm (GMT+1) To get yourticketclick here. Dress a capsulle collection of apparel and accessorieshere. If you like an artwork on fair click here to purchase it.
The project “Breaking the rules” is a project that destroys the way of making art. It’s a difficult and painful way to get out from the “confort zone” and to use the media, compositions and ideas never used before to keep on growing as artist and as a person. The project started in 2015 with the first artwork made for a collective that invited the artists to use the media never used before. The Russian artist mixed up Roy Lichtenstein’s pop-art and Rene Magritte’s surrealism. Every year the new artworks keep on “breaking the rules”.
Artworks of Paratissima Art fair 2020
Paola V2 (portrait of Paola Maugeri, DJ) .Collage, 20×20 cm, 2020
Cristiano (portrait of soccer palyer Cristiano Ronaldo). Collage, 18×18 cm, 2019Cate. Collage, 20×30 cm, 2015Trio (portrait radio deejay trio). Collage, 40×30 cm, 2018artworks on fair Paratissima 2020 Turin, Italy
For fashion addicted only. Are you ready to break the rules with me? Click here and wear a limited edition capsulle collection that merges the contemporary art, collage and sartorial made in Europe experience in t-shirts, sweaters, swimming suits and accessories .
Limited edition collection with collage portraits of Paratissima Art Fair 2020
I will be happy to continue the series of the the portraits breaking the rules with your portrait from photo or life. If you are in click here and fill in the contact form!
