I have been having fun with Christmas design options. Expect a week of Christmas inspired images and cards.
Let’s start off with a snowman. We got so much snow last night that we can build one today.
If you want to print it, download the card below.
Beautiful sunshine and everything is white. Good start for winter I would say.
We haven´t build a snowman yet, but it is definitely on the to do list.
Meanwhile you can get your free What’s the Weather ebook here! It will be available for free download until the 26th. Just happy to share. Of course the paper version is also available.
Have a great weekend!
Another older illustration of mine from winter 2021. I think it was right after I bought another bunch of my Caran d´ache Luminance pencils and one of the first attempts to use them.
The illustration is watercolour, ink and coloured pencils on cold press paper.
A forest party of my favourite animal characters.
What happened to this budgie? Why is he so dishevelled?
Welcome to day 11 of my Inktober story. Missed the beginning? Here is where it starts.
Grog quickly jumped out of reach of the crab´s claws.
Still being puzzled by the content of the nest, Grog and Sasha did not pay any attention to their surroundings.
Suddenly they heard a screech behind them. Is this the owner of the nest returning? Either way, they did not want to find out and made a run for it!
Some of the initial sketches of the class room.
Have a great weekend! I will be out enjoying the sun.
Inspired by an illustration by Souther Salazar. Wanted to try something else and just have fun with colour and different media…
Found this guy in the beginning of my sketchbook. I got inspired by a t-shirt with above’s headline and though a shoe bill would fit the phrase perfectly. I think they are pretty cool!
The budgie looks rough. But why?
Did you have a lavish Christmas feast? We for sure did! Still digesting it.
Christmas is the time of the year where you eat way too much food, while in the good company of friends. At least that’s what it was and means for me.
This illustration is also part of my latest Capybaras & Friends Coloring Book.
Another character design.
Any name suggestions for the characters are more than welcome.
Have a lovely weekend!
Found this one in my sketchbook. Love the somewhat mean or perhaps critical look of shoe bills.
Have a nice weekend everyone!
After I felt like I was doing so well with my posting habits throughout October I fell into somewhat of a slump the last week. I have been focusing on drawing and several online are courses that I am taking at the moment instead.
I finished all of the Inktober prompts, however, I am not really happy how the last 3 turned out as I rushed them, so I haven’t posted them yet.
Here are all the other ones that I am quite happy with. I ended up with 33 drawings even with the last 3 missing as I did more than one drawing on some of the days.
Do you have a favourite?
First thing that came to mind for this prompt was mooning. Don´t ask me why!
Have you ever mooned someone?
Have you lost your compass?
Where to go from here?
Tried something completely different as well for the raven prompt. Although I don’t feel like drawing this character is really me. I really prefer drawing animals and I feel like I haven’t found my style yet when it comes to drawing people appropriate for children’s books. I will keep on practicing though.
I am still on track with my Inktober drawings, I just haven’t managed to take photos and upload them yet. They will follow shortly.
Who else is doing Inktober here?
Fly away with me….
I discovered shoebills a couple of months ago and have been sketching them on and off. I do quite like their slightly mean facial expression.
Sketch in ink and watercolor.
Still practicing and experimenting with the pose of the day. I am not able to get my leg that high up though.
Melanie Franz 
