Veridiana Scarpelli I

 

Mixed media illustrations from Brazillian artist Verdiana Scarpelli for her book 'O Sonho de Vitório'.

Jana Glatt III

Oh such sad love!
Illustration by Jana Glatt for the fantastic book, 'Quem Adivindha O Que é?' Written by José Enrique Barreiro and published in Brazil in 2015.

Jana Glatt II

Lovely limited palette and interesting perspectives in 'Um abraço passo a passo' by Brazilian illustrator Jana Glatt.

Marina Godoy

Marina Godoy is a Brazilian artist who works primarily in textiles and collage. I loved these two images of birds. However Marina's portfolio is very varied and quite dark and abrasive in its texture and content but there are lots of treasures to discover.

Carlo Giovani

These works are quite old and Carlo Giovani has moved very much into working with paper. He is highly commended and award winning as a graphic designer, animator and illustrator, but these works are magical and wonderful, capturing exactly in vegetable form the characters of the animals they represent.

Gustavo Piqueira and Samia Jacintho

These beautiful fluid illustrations are by Gustavo Piqueira and Samia Jacintho of Casa Rex design studio from the book 'Our Movie' a story of two lovers. The soft flowing illustrations weave through the book like a dance  parallel to the stories narrative.

"These emotive, fluid graphics follow the relationship and story of the couple from their first date through to the romance, the sex, and finally, their separation," said Gustavo Piqueira

Mariana Zanetti IV

A beautiful collaged work Nome Sobrenome is a book by Mariana Zanetti exploring the nicknames of people and their pets.

Marianna Zanetti III

'Commo Vou?' is a collaborative book illustrated by Fernando de Almeida, Renata Bueno and Mariana Zanetti, using collaged maps, about how to move from one place to another written by Mariana Zanetti.

Marianna Zanetti II: Kinolivro, Chuva de Verão

My second post featuring the charming flip books of Brazilian illustrator Marianna Zanetti.

Marianna Zanetti I: Kinolivro - Em São Paulo

Continuing my exploration of Brazilian illustration this is the first of two posts showing Marianna Zanetti's flip books. Marianna originally trained as an architect but then switched her creative focus to illustration in 2007 her book Angel Fair was selected for the Bologna Children's Book Fair.

Alê Abreu

I cannot go to Bologna Children's Illustration festival this year and in order to compensate and cheer myself up for missing this wonderful annual event, I am going to virtually attend and research as much as I can online. Brazil is this years guest of honour  country, and so I am going to bring you a selection of Brazilian illustrators starting with Alê Abreu. 
Alê Abreu works as an illustrator and animator. Here I have selected some of his abstract paintings and it is this abstract, loose layered style, that for me produces some of his most interesting illustration work because of its textures, effects and the division of the pictorial plain. 

Sandra Javera II

Sandra Javera also illustrates with objects making tiny sets almost like those of an animator and layering images, creating beautiful delicate worlds.

Sandra Javera I

Sandra Javera is a Brazilian illustrator now living in New York who majored in architecture but now writes and illustrates children's books. Sandra uses a great variety of media and techniques and this is my first post on her work where she has created delicate mini environments using oil pastel and some collage.

Mariana Massarani

I have admired and indeed loved the work of Mariana Massarani for many years now the link to her blog has been in my 'Ooooo that's nice list' for years. These beautiful bright little paintings on board are the perfect way to start the week as is a visit to Mariana's bright happy blog..

Sidnea D'Amico

Sidnea D'Amico "Warm colours, shapes and lines drive my work. I like to work in series, and enjoy being playful with the subjects I have in mind. I work with acrylics often incorporating resin, Polaroid transfer, transfers or collage in my paintings."

Leda Catunda

Leda Catunda is a Brazilian artist who combines fine art with textiles, her paintings, because of this technique, resemble giant Indian mirror work embroidery. Instead of mirrors though they contain images of familiar things trees lakes and flowers as well as photographs.

Carol W

With sculptures whipped up from paper, slime (as my students call it), stories and fairy tales. Carol W's work is tingling with imagination and fun. Her paper mache creations have graced galleries, shops and cat walks. Please visit her flickr or website as this is a needle in the haystack of her portfolio.