Sometimes you need to face your inner beast…
Tag: sketching
Inktober 2023 – Frost & Scratchy
Good morning! We had the first proper frost here yesterday. Time to bring out those winter jumpers again.
Inktober 2023 – Catch me if you can…
Still catching up with the last Inktober prompts. Will be finishing one day late which is not so bad considering that I drew all the prompts within 4 days!
#18 Saddle
#19 Plump
I ended up doing two versions of it.
#21 Chains
Meet the Artist
Adding a new piece to my portfolio. Almost happy how it turned out. This is the third version. Ink, watercolour and coloured pencils on mixed media paper.
One Week 100 People
It took me much longer than a week, due to the flu, but I eventually finished them all. I also was colouring some of them in and still want to colour in the rest. I really struggled in the end to get to 100 but I can also see a definite improvement from the first page. I haven’t been drawing people for a while, so this was a great exercise.
Next I think I will do 100 animals 🙂
One Week 100 People VI
Another page coloured in….I spent maybe 3 min on each sketch and then another 5 min to colour it in.
One Week 100 People V
Still having fun with this challenge. Here some of the coloured in sketched. I realized that I am either drawing kids or old people, which are both more interesting to draw.
One Week 100 People IV
I got knocked out by the flu last week… fun times… But I managed to make it to 71 people so far. I will keep on going all the way to 100 until the end of this week. It also takes me longer as I want to colour them all in.
One Week 100 People II
Love how these 4 turned out. I am using the opportunity to have fun with different styles and mediums. Used a mix of sienna ink, watercolour and coloured pencils for these.
One Week 100 People
It´s time again for this fun annual art challenge – One week 100 people. And it´s exactly that, you got one week to draw 100 people in any way you like.
I am using the opportunity to challenge myself to do some quick character sketches by using pinterest as inspiration. So far I´ve been having fun with it. Are you taking part in the challenge?
Late at Night
It´s already Friday. Again! Time flies when you are having fun… Another sketch from last year that I just discovered again. I am so full of new ideas and so little time to put them into practice. But I will hopefully get there eventually.
Next weeks is the fun challenge of 1 week 100 people that I did last 2 years ago. I am determined to take it on this year as it is great drawing practice. So next week you will get to see some newer drawings.
Take Your Pet to School Day I
This was my first attempt at a full scene in watercolour and ink, where I put the characters of the previous posts into action.
I am very happy how it turned out. Any comments and criticisms are welcome 🙂
Did you ever take your pet to school?
Character Design VI
Another character sketch. This time with pencil outline, just to try something different.
I don´t like how the dog turned out, but I actually like the softer pencil outline of the girl. What do you think? Do you prefer this over ink?
Take Your Pet to School Day II
Some of the initial sketches of the class room.
Have a great weekend! I will be out enjoying the sun.
Take Your Pet to School Day
Continuation of the drawings I did a couple of months ago. Some of them I forgot I actually drew, some of them where unfinished and I finally put the final touches on it. The whole idea was to practice more elaborate scenes with several characters and happenings.
Any feedback more than welcome!
I also think it is also about time to buy a new scanner instead of using my mediocre phone camera.
The Bird
Inspired by an illustration by Souther Salazar. Wanted to try something else and just have fun with colour and different media…
Sleeping Time V
Still hibernating? Maybe. Time to start drawing again.
I guess this style is more me, rather than the last one.
Sleeping time IV
I feel like I have been hibernating the last month… Time to do a spring clean and get active again!
Melanie Franz 