Speaking of art travels: Painting in the Amazon, anyone?
My friend and mentor, Dulce Nascimento, is leading a botanical illustration workshop and cruise on the Amazon River this May. Attending this workshop in 2008 was one of my favorite life experiences. I...
View ArticleBotanical illustration extension courses at Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro
Poster courtesy of Paulo Ormindo and Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro Paulo Ormindo has sent me the notice for the 2011 botanical illustration courses offered by the Escola Nacional de Botânica...
View ArticleGroovy Link of the Month: Urban Sketchers, Brazil
Some of the Brazilian correspondents for the Urban Sketching site have formed their own group blog to showcase the urban sketching movement in Brazil. The new blog is written mostly in Brazilian...
View ArticleTake a nature break at Carnival
Urban wildlife in Rio de Janeiro, seen near the Sitio Roberto Burle Marx. Please don’t feed the monkeys! This weekend most of the Western world celebrates Carnaval, or Mardi Gras, and no place...
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