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Some personal reflections as an artist, about art, both in my particular process - the way I see it - and in art in general; some of what I extract from my artist's logbook, other observations about this glorious world called art.
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Drawing with bic pen - considerations about the process and the medium
DRAWING WITH BIC PEN considerations about the process and the medium - 31.3.24 ... Today*, I've returned to drawings and studies with a...
Jorge Quiros
Apr 26, 20242 min read
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Drawing pencils, the most basic material.
DRAWING PENCILS, THE MOST BASIC MATERIAL Before any other material used in artistic production, the pencil takes precedence over the...
Jorge Quiros
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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The charcoal portrait of 25.3.24 - considerations on the naturalness of the drawing:
THE CHARCOAL PORTRAIT OF 25.3.24 - CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURALNESS OF THE DRAWING ... But among the pencils that I had originally...
Jorge Quiros
Mar 27, 20242 min read
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The art of the process, timelapse drawing - video
THE ART OF THE PROCESS, TIMELAPSE DRAWING - VÍDEO #1 The art of the process, drawing in time-lapse (video) is a series that I am...
Jorge Quiros
Mar 24, 20241 min read
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Painting in small formats - About my "Fragments" series - 8.10.22
PAINTING IN SMALL FORMATS - ABOUT MY "FRAGMENTS" SERIES - 8.10.22 (...) fragments that express a whole, and that make the theme in their...
Jorge Quiros
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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Notes about realism; 6.1.24
NOTES ABOUT REALISM; 6.1.24 ... So why shade and blur everything? What we see today in hyper-realistic drawings is an attempt to simulate...
Jorge Quiros
Jan 11, 20246 min read
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Inks and the subtle monochrome
INKS AND THE SUBTLE MONOCHROME Painting with India ink is like painting - or drawing - with your signature. Its spontaneity is even...
Jorge Quiros
Dec 31, 20231 min read
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Painting with different mediums to oil: dry pastel and watercolors, some reflections.
PAINT WITH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS TO OIL: DRY PASTEL AND WATERCOLORS, SOME REFLECTIONS The oil paintings were for the big exhibitions, but the...
Jorge Quiros
Dec 18, 20235 min read
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From my diary - my current phase ( 6.10.23)
FROM MY DIARY - MY CURRENT PHASE (6.10.23) Writing, being a great pleasure for me, where I look to words for their strength to express in...
Jorge Quiros
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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The expressionist phase and “The useless cry”; 1.10.23:
There was a time when I wanted to see an insurrection in painting, an insurrection of a wave of feelings that touched the eyes like a...
Jorge Quiros
Nov 12, 20233 min read
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Something about my process; about the choice of my materials; 25.9.23:
SOTEHING ABOUT MY PROCESS; ABOUT THE CHOICE OF MY MATERIALS; 25.9.23 If I'm going to paint on paper, I prefer watercolors, something deep...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 26, 20232 min read
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Question to see - 01.12.22
The artist thinks about the world through the plasticity of his environment; In other words: think about the shape of the world through...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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The art of drawing shapes - 23.9.23
THE ART OF DRAWINGS SHAPES - 23.9.23 The constituent elements of the form, like themselves, are composed of lights and shadows which are...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 3, 20233 min read
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Art and reality; 8.9.23:
ART AND REALITY; 8.9.23 Comparing art and reality, in order to confront them and make one triumph over the other, as Plato did, is...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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Drawing a portrait in profile
DRAWING A PORTRAIT IN PROFILE In a previous article, I comment on the need - for the freedom and consequent strength of drawing - to...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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Studies for the work and the work of studies
STUDIES FOR THE WORK ANDE THE WORK OF STUDIES The idea of the magnum opus, masterpiece, and of the artist working methodically like an...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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Pen drawing and studies
PEN DRAWING AND STUDIES Some time ago, I believe it was a few years ago, I discovered in the simplicity of a bic pen a whole power to be...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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Paint as you draw, draw as you paint; 1.10.23:
PAINT AS YOU DRAW, DRAW AS YOU PAINT; 1.10.23 An aphorism created by an author and artist from one of the books he read in the spring of...
Jorge Quiros
Oct 3, 20232 min read
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