Episode 73: Vitor Velez – The Headless Sketcher

As a wildlife artist, Vitor creates under the nameThe Headless Sketcher. With a lively and unique style, Vitor tells visual stories using line, colour and movement. Written descriptions of the life and behaviour of animals form an integral part of each composition, unifying other visual elements and guiding the eye across the page.

Listen to hear more about:

• The freedom and pleasure Vitor finds in wildlife illustration.
• The power and intimacy of using writing as an element on the page.
• How getting to know each subject through the research and creative process, helps Vitor fall in love with each new animal he paints.
• Vitor’s art process and how he layers elements on the page to create a final piece.
• Storytelling and the construction of a narrative within a painting.
• Thoughtfully using movement to tell a story or capture a moment of action. 
• The reason why Vitor creates under the name The Headless Sketcher.
• How Vitor visually recreates significant memories of animal encounters for others, through his art commissions.

See Vitor’s amazing work on Instagram @theheadlessketcher. If you’re not on Instagram you can also see the fox painting we spoke about during the episode on the podcast page here. 

To contact Vitor to talk about commissioning an art piece you can email him directly at this address: theheadlessketcher@gmail.com.

You can learn more about The Headless Sketcher on YouTube on The Nature Journal Show. 

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