Hard work

So yesterday I had my first session as a scholar in Haider's (that's the artist's name ;)) studio. My task that time was to do an exercise on perspective drawing, also because he wanted to get an idea of my skills. He assigned me a working place and put a stool in front of me. I had been theoretically introduced and then I was supposed to draw that stool in correct perpective. Without any kind of ruler o_o I felt really helpless at first, not being allowed to use a set square or something! Furthermore, I had to bring a sketchbook of at least A3 size (papers smaller than that are stamps to Haider, haha..) and that's strange for me, too. I'm totally used to working with smaller formats, huge blank pages like that intimidate me. ^^'

But after a while, I became acquainted with it. Haider was minding his own work most of the time, but came to my desk every now and then to see how it was going and to give feedback. He's really cool actually ;) He said that I had already made a good impression in the beginning, wearing a Star Wars shirt. :D So we were talking about Star Wars, Batman, the current Avengers film and so on. He even has some action figures alongside with those boring wood dummies for drawing studies. :D

In the end, I received some general feedback on the stool study and some tips and homework for the next time (like practising to draw straight lines without ruler^^'). I'll be there again next Tuesday and I'm really looking forward to that. I feel like those three hours already helped me to improve a lot.

Spring

 

(↑ watercolours)

 (↑ copic markers)

(↑ coloured pencils)

Hello there! How's everyone doing?

I'm exhausted. The past two weeks were totally busy and still, I'm actually supposed to be doing things for university now. I spent every day of my Easter break in the library studying and could really use a break after that. :L So I had very little time for drawing and even missed two Illustration Friday topics in a row D: I did not even have time to read all of your comments here on Deviant Art yet. Sorry :(

But there are some good news, too! I'm taking art lessons from now on for at least a month! :D My teacher is a freelance artist having his own studio in town where he is instructing a little group of students of different ages. I went to some initial meeting this week and got feedback on some of my works. I'm aware of most of my weaknesses and the fact that he immediately spotted these weaknesses showed me that he really is well acquainted with his subject. He was very honest, but his critique was constructive and he also pointed out some things he liked about my pictures. Like how I use colours and most of all, my motives and imagination. :) On Tuesday I'm going to have my first session at the studio and I'm really looking forward to it.

Illustration Friday: Vocal

Last minute entry. I drew this from 1 to 2 am -__- Going to bed now...

I love how all my Illustration Friday pictures are nature-themed so far. :) Just realized that when uploading the newest.

Wormies

A quick sketchbook scan again. I somehow liked these little fellas ;) Maybe I should take it further and make a banner with wormies like these for the Childrens Illustrator group on Deviant Art... (I got accepted as a member more than a month ago and they feature a banner of everyone in the group. But I didn't want to take an old picture for it and still didn't create anything.)
Done with Winnie the Pooh coloured pencils. xD They are really small and therefore perfect en route.

Actually, I would really like to upload sketchbook scans more regularly. But then I end up not doing it because I'm not confident enough about my scribbles. Or because they pointed to some event that's already out of date. But some of my friends are really consequent with posting their sketchbook scans, and I can feel the spark slowly leaping over.

I wish confidence was available as concentrate in bottles. :P I could really use some.

Happy Easter

(a little greeting card I quickly made ^_^)

Happy Easter weekend everyone! I'm going to my auntie's house at the countryside with my Mum. :) What are you going to do? I hope you can spend the holidays at a warmer and sunnier place than I. It's so rainy and cold, which is really a pity because I wanted to do some outdoor painting again. We'll see :L

Illustration Friday: Return

This week I've been impatiently waiting for Illustration Friday's new topic. :) It's "Return"!
I decided to do an illustration of Hans Christian Andersens "Fyrtøiet" (english title: "The Tinderbox").
In this story the hero is not going forth into the world for adventure as in most tales, but he is returning home after a war.

"Der kom en Soldat marcherende henad Landeveien; een, to! een, to! han havde sit Tornister paa Ryggen og en Sabel ved Siden, for han havde været i Krigen, og nu skulle han hjem."

Designed it like a book cover for fun :D Hope you like it!

I feel like sewing...

It's getting warmer and warmer after all, and I'm looking forward to taking all my breezy, flowery sundresses out of my closet again. :) And as usual, the upcoming spring makes me want to sew and make some clothes for spring and summer myself! Sadly, I'm not a very gifted seamstress. ^^' But I can carry it off. For my own designs I take patterns of a similar shape and alter them. Has always worked perfectly for me. Now the only problem is that I'm really busy right now and will be until my summer holidays. But maybe I can do at least one piece along the way.

Been filling sketchbook pages with clothing designs recently ;)

I'd really like to have some frilly pants to wear with short dresses or tunics, so I might tackle these first.
Furthermore, I'd really love to do Cosplay again. As I've experienced one should start planning a Cosplay as soon as possible. If I want to wear a costume to one of the conventions in summer, now would be the time to set up a plan for it. ^^ More under the cut!