What are you up today?

Cannot keep myself from not drawing dogs. They are just too cute.

Have been drawing a lot of funny rabbits until late last night. Now I am paying the price by being over-tired. But why stop when you are having fun?

Pelicans are back

Yes, the pelican book is still on. It’s very much a work in progress. The manuscript is pretty much finished, and so is the storyboard. And I still like it, after 2 months of break, so that is a good sign.

The next step is to create the first proper illustrations. That’s on the agenda for tomorrow, so I can finally get started on that phase.

One of the reasons I’m doing these watercolour sketches at the moment is to loosen up a bit and explore different approaches until I find a style that feels right. I am also still set on ink and watercolour. Need to experiment more with it. But for now I love my Caran d’ache pencils. What do you think?

Desert Mouse

I really love the vibrance of these Caran d’ache Luminance pencils.

Day 6 of drawing random animals from my Pinterest board. What do you use for inspiration?

Coocoo

Not quite the sound a Lemur makes (what sounds do they make?) but still think it fits the sketch.

25min from start to finish. I am really enjoying this loose drawing with no strings attached. 20 years later I finally get the idea of having a sketchbook.

Dog in Boots

If a cat can wear boots, then so can a dog. Read the Puss in Boots to my little one the other day.

She enjoyed the illustrations more than the story I think.

Fun with Watercolour

I am actually having a lot of fun with my sketchbook. First time in ages that I took out my watercolours as well.

Do you have a sketchbook? What is your favourite medium?

Just having fun..

Checking if I can still draw… After all good intentions of sketching daily, I did not open my sketchbook once during the last 6 weeks of travel…

Now back home, I got my desk cleaned up, spent another 30min looking for my pencil case, and eventually started out with a number of 5 min animal sketches. This one was 25 min from start to finish.

Hello darkness my old friend

Actually it is not that bad, now that the days are getting longer again in Iceland. But the coffee maker was broken! A minor disaster. It got replaced today.
Good to be back on my drawing desk! First drawing of the year. Have a great weekend.

Inktober Day 30 – Vacant

Slowed down and went blank just before the finishing line. I eventually ended up having fun with this one and added coloured ink to it.
Gone south, that will be the theme soon.

Inktober Day 29 – Lesson

I am on a reading mission to read at least one book a month. So far so good. Just finished Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea last night.
What are you reading right now?