Raquel sketches

Raquel Marques

Drawing sketches

2026–6–1
Charcoal on paper. Drawing from film Alice by Jan Svankmajer. Immersive narratives with Melissa Klime, Royal Drawing School.

2026–5–18
View from window. Ink, watercolour and oil pastel on paper. 30 x 40 cm.

2026–5–1
Botanical drawings.

Chrysanthemums. Watercolour and ink on sketching paper (148 x 210 mm).

Orchid. Oil pastel, watercolour and ink on sketching paper (148 x 210 mm).

Chrysanthemums. Acrylic and ink on sketching paper (148 x 210 mm).

2026–4–27
Ink and oil pastel on paper. Drawings inspired by “Little Red Riding Hood” a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm and the contemporary retelling poem “Little Red-Cap” by Carol Ann Duffy. Immersive narratives with Melissa Klime, Royal Drawing School.

Ink and oil pastel on paper (24 x 32 cm).

Warming up sketch of fox. Ink on paper (21 x 29.7 cm).

Warming up sketches of foxes. Ink on paper (21 x 29.7 cm).

2026–3–30
Watercolour on paper (148 x 210 mm). In the airplane.

2026–3–29
Watercolour on paper (148 x 210 mm). Home plants.

2026–3–25
Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper (24 x 32 cm and 40,6 x 50,8 cm). Drawing animal bodies. Watercolour and Ink with Nikki Gardham, Royal Drawing School.

Underwater composition (Ink on paper, 40,6 x 50,8 cm)

Ink, watercolour and gouache on paper, 24 x 32 cm

Ink on paper, 24 x 32 cm

Ink and gouache on paper, 24 x 32 cm

Ink and watercolour on paper, 24 x 32 cm

2026–3–18
Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper (24 x 32 cm, 30 x 40 cm and 40,6 x 50,8 cm). Drawing with model Clelia Rinaldi. Watercolour and Ink with Nikki, Gardham, Royal Drawing School.

Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper (30 x 40 cm).

Ink on paper (24 x 32 cm)

Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper (40,6 x 50,8 cm)

Ink on paper (24 x 32 cm)

Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper (30 x 40 cm)

Ink on paper (24 x 32 cm)

2026–3–11–15
Watercolour on paper (30 x 40 cm). Homes map. Watercolour and Ink with Max Naylor, Royal Drawing School.

2026-3-4
Ink on paper (24 x 32 cm and 30 x 40 cm). Two drawing studies: cork oak and olive tree. Imagined landscape. Watercolour and Ink with Max Naylor, Royal Drawing School.

Imagined landscape (30 x 40 cm)

Imagined landscape detail (30 x 40 cm)

Olive tree studies (30 x 40 cm)

Olive tree studies detail (30 x 40 cm)

Cork oak tree studies (30 x 40 cm)

Cork oak tree studies detail (30 x 40 cm)

2026-2-11
Ink and watercolour on paper (24 x 32 cm). Drawing studies: apertures/portals interior and exterior. Watercolour and Ink with Max Naylor, Royal Drawing School.

Interior to exterior study (25 min) looking outside, watercolour on watercolour

Exterior to interior study (25 min) looking to the kitchen

Interior and exterior merging study (30 min) inviting Frida in the room merging with the space outside

2026-2-4
Ink and acrylic on paper (multiple formats). Drawing from model (Gaia). The head in colour. Watercolour and Ink with Nikki Gardham, Royal Drawing School.

Ligh, dark and midtones. Ink on paper (30 x 40 cm)

Silhouette. Ink and acrylic on paper (24 x 32 cm)

Silhouette. Ink on paper (24 x 32 cm)

Dash of colour. Ink and acrylic on paper (24 x 32 cm)

Light, dark and midtones

2026-1-28
Ink on paper (multiple formats). Different drawing techniques with ink. Drawing objects in space. Watercolour and Ink with Nikki Gardham, Royal Drawing School.

3 tones

Wet onto wet

Wet onto dry

Dry brush

Masking

Salt & pepper

Masking

Detail, oil pastel and ink

Wet onto wet ink

Negative and positive spaces

Detail

Unconventional canvas

Detail

2026-1-21
Watercolor and ink on paper (A4). Drawing from imagination.. 20 minutes each. Watercolour and Ink with Max Naylor, Royal Drawing School.

Land

Air/Sky

Fire

Water

2026-1-4
Charcoal on paper (A2). Drawing from previous drawing in A6.

2025-12-14
Charcoal and oil pastel on paper (A2).

2025-12-07
Charcoal and oil pastel on paper (A3). Portrait with clementines.

2025-12-06
Oil pastel on paper (A4). Self-portrait.

2025-11-26
Chacoal, oil pastel and gouache on paper (A3). Ana.

2025-11-18
Chacoal (A3, 3 minutes) and Gouache on paper (A3), 15 to 45 minutes. Drawing from photographs, paintings, mirror and imagination. Visual narratives. Portraits & Self-portraits with Jessica Jane Charleston, Royal Drawing School.

Drawing from drawing reimagining a character sequence

Drawing from photograph reimagining the figure

Drawing from painting, drawings and imagination, reimagining the scene.

Drawing with non dominant hand

Drawing only looking at the mirror, not the paper

Drawing feeling the face

2025-11-04
Ink on paper (A4), 20 and 40 minutes. Model: Gaia Cicolani. The relationship between the model and the drawer. Portraits & Self-portraits with Sharon Brindle, Royal Drawing School.

2025-10-30
Oil pastel and charcoal on paper (A3), from 10 to 45 minutes. Hybrid portrait: real life drawing and drawing from imagination. Portraits & Self-portraits with Jessica Jane Charleston, Royal Drawing School.

2025-10-21
Oil pastel and charcoal on paper (A3), from 3 to 50 minutes. Portrait and domestic interior. Portraits & Self-portraits with Jessica Jane Charleston, Royal Drawing School.

2025-10-14
Ballpoint pen on paper (A4). Self-portrait. Asymmetry of the face. Dots, dashes and lines creating textures. Portraits & Self-portraits with Marcus Cornish, Royal Drawing School.

Different framing

2025-9-30
Charcoal on paper, different sizes (A6 to A3) from 2 to 50 minutes. Live online drawing, model Adrian. Portraits & Self-portraits with Nikki Gardham, Royal Drawing School.

2025-9-23
Charcoal and pastel on paper, A3. Live online drawing and self-portrait, composition. Portraits & Self-portraits with Jessica Jane Charleston, Royal Drawing School.

2025-9-16
Black ink on paper, A3. Sketches using marking techniques inspired by the Laban movement. Portraits & Self-portraits with Jessica Jane Charleston, Royal Drawing School.