Catching up with Inktober 2023 #2

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I surprised myself yesterday! I actually managed to do the first 10 prompts in a day. I manage another 10 today I might be on track tomorrow…

#4 Dodge

23_04 Dodge_Inktober_ Melanie Franz

#5 Map

23_05 Map_Inktober_ Melanie Franz

Catching up with Inktober 2023

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It´s been a while, but I am still here! I have been doing Inktober diligently every year since 2017 and I was excited about this one. However life happened and I didn´t find time until now to get started.

Seems my Inktober 2023 will be quick doodles and turtle themed and a way to test out my brand new coloured inks!

23_01-dream _ Inktober 2023 _ Melanie Franz
#1 Dream
23_03-path _ Inktober 2023 _ Melanie Franz
#3 Path

The Weather Today XI

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We are greeted with mixed weather for the weekend after a rather sunny week.

This is another page of my upcoming picture book – paper and gouache. I am still working on the cover. It will hopefully be finished soon.

Have a great weekend!

2305 rain frog paper boats paper cut _ Melanie Franz

The Weather Today VIII

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Summer has arrived here at last.

Also the earthquakes are still going strong. If that volcano errupts again this year I will definitely hike there this time. I missed out on the last two eruptions.

Meanwhile we’ll be at the beach. And another page of my new picture book.

The Weather Today V

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No rain but also no sun today. Still time to go outside! I really miss the sun.

Another paper cut page from my upcoming picture book.

The Weather Today III

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Another page from my upcoming picture book.

There seems to be no change to weather here for the next couple of days it seem. Soon I´ll be running out of bad weather pictures to post.

2302 Cat rain miserable paper-cut illustration _Melanie Franz

What´s the weather today?

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As mentioned in my last post, I tried something completely different and made a picture book out of paper cut outs. The rain drops are gouache. It was so much fun!

Image fitting the weather today….Ah Icelandic summer…..

2302 rain paper-cut illustration _Melanie Franz

Getting Out of the Comfort Zone

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Hola, I am back! The family and I had escaped Iceland for a while to load up on as much vitamin D as possible. After an extensive road trip in Spain and a stop over in Switzerland I am all tanned, inspired and ready to get back to work!

Something a bit different to start with and that I have been working on this spring.

I had a creative block in January and an artist friend suggested to me to just try something completely different. An that I did. I bought a gouache set and a bunch of papers. The result is an almost finished picture book about the weather and some bad first gouache painting attempts.

I had a lot of fun with making paper-cut pictures and I am very happy with the result. I used gouache for the details. Here is a first peek. What do you think?

2302 owl paper-cut _ Melanie Franz