She tried to have a cake/cup cake eat off with the drooling dog but had to give up first because she was exhausted.
Author: Mel
I'm a painter, curious student of life and traveler.
Inktober Day 6 – Drooling
Prompt number 6 for #Inktober. First thing that came to mind was of course dogs!
Inktober Day 4 – Spell
Prompt 4 of Inktober – Spell…
Not sure what he is brewing here, but he certainly has something cooking.
Inktober Day 3 – Roasted
This not what I had in mind at all when I started drawing. I thought of roasted meat.. but non of the things I sketched out I actually liked. So I went a completely different direction.
What better than a dark roast in the morning? I am nothing without a good cup of coffee. What about you?
Inktober Day 2 – Tranquil
Drew this last night but did not have time to post it.
Tranquility…. to be destroyed.
What I would like to do right now: perfect picnic with a glass of very dark and heavy red wine and giant pieces of Gruyere, Manchego and Comté.
Inktober 2018 – Poisonous
It´s been almost exactly a year since I started drawing again. I think I started on day 9 last year after a friend told me I should give Inktober a try. She found it a shame that I was not drawing any more and right she was.
I remember that during the first two weeks everything was a struggle. Finding an idea of what to draw was a struggle, despite the prompt list. Drawing was a struggle. Ink was everywhere and using it was a struggle.
Today was quite the opposite. The only struggle I had, was to make time for it. I even bought new ink. I still managed to get ink on my hands and table but I had fun.
Rainy Days II
Rainy days… inspired by the frist rainy day illustration and perhaps you can call it a modern ballerina version of Mary Poppins´ umbrella scene. I´m not sure why I suddely remembered Mary Poppins, as it has been years since I saw the movie or listened to the story. I had the audio tape when I was little and would listen to it over and over again.
Autumn Mood
I needed to do a hoop drawing again as I am all in the mood for aerial hoop. It is so nice to be back in the air, although it also means to be bruised and sore all the time. It looks nice, but it is actually tough work!
I had no idea what I was going to do, so this one turned into an autumn inspired hoop hang picture. The foxes are like “what the hell is she doing?”
Little Pink House in Malinalco
I think I started to continue with my Mexico book because winter has officially arrived here. The mountains are white again and I miss the warmth.
At least I can have sunny drawings and hot whiskey to keep me warm! I still have about a third of my Mexico book to fill so I will have more of these coming …
At the Shoemaker in Malinalco
I think it was my second day in Malinalco back in April, when we stopped at the shoemaker right next to the market. My friend needed to get one of his shoe soles fixed. It was this small room with 3 guys working behind the counter, shelves full of old shoes, and an old TV showing Dragonball Z.
Ice cream – work in progress
The reasons for the few updates lately are that I simply did not have time to sit down and draw, and when I found time, then I was stuck with this watercolor painting.
I have been on it for more than a week now and still haven´t figured out the background… I ate a lot of ice cream in between too, to look for inspiration… still looking, so I will keep on eating until I find it.
In the backyard of Mexico City
I did this drawing way back at the beginning of April when I was staying in Mexico City at a friends place. Absolutely loved all the colours in CDMX.
This was my second attempt of sketching outside. It´s the backyard of my friends house, where I spent the afternoon sitting on the stairs while the sun was warming my feet.
Ice cream – take 3
I was sketching while watching a movie. This is the result. I think I will go get some ice cream tonight.
Ice Cream Cravings
It has been sunny second day in a row! That´s when those ice cream cravings come up. At my new favourite ice cream parlour, conveniently just a 5 minute bike ride from home, the scoops are massive. Two are pretty much a meal. Bigger is better!
This actually could be me. I admit.
Ice cream girls
I found my sketch book again with the ice cream drawings I started at the beginning of the year. As I was bored and tired today – and had a sweet craving – I thought I add another one to it. I am also trying to draw and paint more loosely… so this was my evening exercise.
I feel like the girls are too focused on their ice cream to notice anything else around them.
Cockatoos
Cockatoos… They just came together for no apparent reason.
Hoop painting
Is this how an aerialist paints? Not sure. But maybe worth giving it a try.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Flamingos
Yes, flamingos! Jenna Gee aka The Sunshine Artist suggested me to draw flamingos, so I decided to have fun with flamingos as you can see.
I have about 20 pages left in my sketchbook which I would like to fill with aerial themed illustrations.
Any other prompt suggestions? Leave it in the comments.
Celebration of Colour
Last of the prompts for #WorldWatercolorMonth 2018 – Celebration of Colour.
Never tried to paint like that, it might be quite a challenge though.
Melanie Franz 