Sketchbook

Before painting, I always begin by drawing, observing and understanding the subject through sketching. These studies help me shape the atmosphere, pose, and feeling of each image. In this post, I’m sharing a few sketches from my current portfolio work in progress: a glimpse into the quiet phase where ideas take form.

Lately, I’ve been exploring ways to evolve my visual language by introducing new tools like colored pencils, markers, and wax crayons. Studying trees allows me to observe natural, organic forms and focus deeply on drawing and painting.
This phase of experimentation is helping me step outside familiar routines and discover new expressive directions.

The paper-cut technique helps me step out of the comfort zone of “precise drawing” and, above all, to see things from a new perspective.
One exercise I find particularly interesting is drawing from life by tearing shapes directly from paper, no pencils, no outlines.
These torn-paper sketches have become a new starting point for reinterpreting reality with fresh eyes.