Joana Carvalho

Over the years I have ended up accumulating a lot of paper and a lot of paper waste, a.k.a paper corners or straps from cutting up bigger...

It's been some time since I posted anything related to artist trading cards, and in the meantime I've accumulated quite a few more. As...

I have been curious for sometime to try lithography. The original process requires a limestone plate and is generally done in printmaking...

Sometimes you end up with a collection of not so successful prints and the question arises about what to do with them. These are usually...

Years ago I got a gelli plate. I played with it for a while, but not getting the results I wanted I putted in corner, and haven't really...

I am surprised about how much I liked the effect, will be doing more illustrations with Derwent drawing pencils. Thanks for stopping by!

In the same website where I exchange artist trading cards (atcforall.com), artists also exchange larger works, like post cards, mail art,...

One day, searching for videos casually on youtube, I came across neurographic art. I was fascinated by the concept and the final drawings...

This year was not so productive in terms of filling in sketchbooks, or making prints, but it was really productive in the making of...

Some time ago I had done four illustrations for the RPG Mausritter, in an event organized by its creator. Recently an opportunity came up...

This month was also productive in ATCs, I think I am getting slightly addicted to making them. This month I tried to experiment more with...

I am continuing my exploration of artist trading cards as an art format. I got to say, it is somewhat addicting. The small format makes...

I have been on a "artist trading card" high, this seems to be the only art format my brain can handle right now, so I just been doing one...

I have been doing a bunch of artist trading cards lately. I find them fun, quick to make and a good way of experimenting new...

Some years ago I was really into making artist trading cards. I even got around into exchanging one or two cards. But then I got bored...

I bought a small set of Essdee scraperboards (a total of 10) with some modest scratch tools a long time ago - by the way, these can be...

I have started a big project of trying to make 1000 pastel sketches. It might not be a very realistic number, but I still want to give it...

It's been sometime since I touched this project. I always have a few projects going in parallel, since I tend to get bored if I have to...

I've just got myself some new sketchbooks (from Sakura), and I thought I would try a black paper sketchbook since it's something I've...

Trying to go through a set of scratchboards I bought a long time ago. Right now I am only missing two more A5 sheets. I need to think of...