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Àngela Maria Sierra, also known as Riso Chan, is a Spanish artist and the founder of the Amsterdam-based art school Bloom Art House. Her artwork revolves around portraits and nature.

For Zócalo’s latest Sketchbook, Sierra uses a loose and expressive watercolor technique to bring a series of birds to life. Watercolor is a notoriously difficult and unforgiving medium. With each stroke, the artist is forced to work quickly and decisively, as once the paint touches the paper, there is no way to make corrections. Sierra’s expressive characters, which she creates using …

September 2, 2020

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Space-Age Forest Creatures

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Yuko Shimizu is a Japanese illustrator based in New York City and an instructor at Manhattan’s School of Visual Arts, her alma mater. Illustration is Shimizu’s second career, which she …

The Illusion of Perfect Symmetry

April 30, 2020

Hadas Hayun is an illustrator, artist, print and surface designer, and decorator. Her clients range from web companies to haute couture textile makers. Hayun, who completed her BA in Visual Communication at …

Joy You Can Wear

February 26, 2020

Atieh Sohrabi is a Brooklyn, New York-based illustrator. Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Sohrabi graduated with a bachelor’s degree in industrial and product design from Islamic Azad University. The …

Plumage in Peril

January 15, 2020

Pausha Foley is a Santa Barbara-based painter and multi-media artist who works in pen and ink. Self-taught, she has developed her intimate style through years of exploration into the various forms …

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Shadows Fall in a Moody City

November 6, 2019

Katherine Lam is a New York City-based illustrator, who grew up in the suburbs of Maryland. Her work, deeply influenced by movies and cinematography, plays with shadows and lights to …

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