Isn’t he adorable?
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The concentration. The determination. The focus. The grace.
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I learnt observing (!!!!) before drawing, and then redrawing again and again in the workshop “Draw like nobody sees you” by the talented @alona.markina from @art_and_giggles
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For the first time (I’m not exaggerating) I’m able to stick with an idea, the man flying like a bird” for a long time.
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Usually, once I finished a drawing, I get bored very quickly and start something else. I was even convinced, the first drawing is always the best, but …. Somehow with this new approach I feel I’m going deeper and deeper the longer I stick with this guy.
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For those, who have know me a little longer, I’d love to hear what you think? Please share your immediate thoughts in the comments with me! It would help me a lot!!
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Thank you 🌻🌻🌻
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#cliffdiving #drawmore #keepdrawing #sketchbook #sketchbookspread ...

How much fun!!
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Thank you @alona.markina and @art_and_giggles for this fantastic one-hour session on how to observe and then draw.
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This is what I took home from it:
Draw recklessly.
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Analyse your drawing, if you like, afterwards, but never whilst in the process of creating. Mistakes are part of the process. Ignore them as best as you can. They might even add to the fun!
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And yes, having fun! People will feel whether you had fun, and also whether making a drawing was a pain! Didn’t we all work our way through painful projects, until they were overworked, overly perfect, or simply sad and lifeless?
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Anyway, if you are looking for inspiration, please head over to Alona — she has a few more dates to offer!
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Meet me there 😃❤️🫟🖌️🎨
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#summervibes☀️ #sketchbook #loosenup #artistinspiration #sketchingpeople ...

At the moment I’m spending a lot of time in InDesign, working on a real client project (yay!!).
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My neck is aching, my shoulders get a bit sad, and after a few days I start missing paper, paints and pens!
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It’s difficult then to close the laptop and create something amazing from scratch. Also I only have a limited amount of time, so it’s hardly worth pulling out the paints.
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What I always have is a box with paper scraps — artwork I didn’t like, or pretty wrapping papers or postcards …
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For these sketchbook spreads I limited myself to 3 different types — one watercolour page I didn’t like, one paper with ink marks, and a printed page of book covers I had designed years ago.
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I cut all these into random stripes, and started arranging them in almost random order. For me the trick is to start from the left bottom corner and work my way up to the right top.
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I leave enough white space, because this is where the fun begins: I start filling “gaps” with an ink pen until I start seeing something. A wing, a leaf, an eye ….
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I enjoy this process through and through, and as my fingers get sticky from the glue, the tension melts away from my thinking brain.
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The nice think about it is that I always end up with something better than it was before 🙂
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Never abandon your “failed” artwork! Follow this process, and you start creating something beautiful from it.
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I hope you enjoy 🌻🌻🌻
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#collage #failedartist #artneverfails #sketchbook #sketchbookpages ...