Finally some new stuff up here today :)
I drew not very much in the last time...just a few sketches and many many ideas in my head...but I don't know how to bring them on paper or canvas. I have to think about this very good because all of this works are for my portfolio and it's my last chance to get this things done till may...and if I mess up then there's no chance to study design anymore..
I think it's not enough for them to see pretty portraits or something like that, I need paintings with a message you know? I'm working on this.
This painting today is a bit abstract because I love love love abstract paintings a lot more then photorealistic ones.
I hope sometimes I live in a great flat in a exciting big city and all my walls are covered with crazy paintings ... :D
2007/03/27
2007/02/20
Lazy
It's really frustrating at the moment. The last time I drew something was, don't know, maybe two weeks ago. Except some childish drawings for the bulletin board in my boyfriends flat... I don't know why I am so lazy. I have much time, I'm bored, but I can't get started somehow. I've read 2 books from Cathy Johnson (sketching in nature; painting in nature) and I really want to go outside and create beautiful journal pages...
And I thougt this year is going to be different because I created so much in the first month. Strange...
Next thing is my portfolio. My last chance for art college [I need at least two of them, the first till the end of april]...I'm really scared of not doing it good enough. If I fail, I have to learn something very different from that..social work or something like that. Shit, I really don't want this. Can't imagine doing everything else than art. It's the only thing which makes me happy for a long period of time...
I'm scared about what future will bring to me...
And I thougt this year is going to be different because I created so much in the first month. Strange...
Next thing is my portfolio. My last chance for art college [I need at least two of them, the first till the end of april]...I'm really scared of not doing it good enough. If I fail, I have to learn something very different from that..social work or something like that. Shit, I really don't want this. Can't imagine doing everything else than art. It's the only thing which makes me happy for a long period of time...
I'm scared about what future will bring to me...
2007/02/01
Leoprint Art Journal
One of this years resolutions was to bind my own books. Yesterday I surfed on some bookbinding websites and decided to finally give it a try... This is made after a tutorial of a hedgehog (a moleskine knock-off), but I changed some things.
It's filled with 200 g/m² (110 lb) watercolor paper, 60 pages (?). The cover is cardboard + wrapping paper from IKEA ;) ....
I like the look of this book, but otherwise, i don't now. The pages are ... I can't describe it.... when the book is closed everything looks allright but when you open it the pages look so messy...I think I could only describe this in german ;D
Well...I think I will try out some pages especially with watercolor and then tell you if it works and if I keep it.
I'm not sure if I will do this again. It's too much work for a bad quality product. The only problem is that in germany we don't have many good sketchbooks. The moleskines for sure, but I need a book were I can sketch and also use watercolor. I love the moleskine sketch book but it's not for watercolors. And I don't like the watercolor book that much, because of the landscape-format and the pages that you can rip out of the journal.
I'd love to try these journals: hand book! I think they are perfect...but they are not sold here, even on ebay I can't find them.
Sometimes I hate living in germany ;)
It's filled with 200 g/m² (110 lb) watercolor paper, 60 pages (?). The cover is cardboard + wrapping paper from IKEA ;) ....
I like the look of this book, but otherwise, i don't now. The pages are ... I can't describe it.... when the book is closed everything looks allright but when you open it the pages look so messy...I think I could only describe this in german ;D
Well...I think I will try out some pages especially with watercolor and then tell you if it works and if I keep it.
I'm not sure if I will do this again. It's too much work for a bad quality product. The only problem is that in germany we don't have many good sketchbooks. The moleskines for sure, but I need a book were I can sketch and also use watercolor. I love the moleskine sketch book but it's not for watercolors. And I don't like the watercolor book that much, because of the landscape-format and the pages that you can rip out of the journal.
I'd love to try these journals: hand book! I think they are perfect...but they are not sold here, even on ebay I can't find them.
Sometimes I hate living in germany ;)
2007/01/30
bathroom + acrylic experiments
It's been a while since I posted the last time. Well, I'm drawing more often than last year, that's a great plus. But in my opinion it could be more ;)
On Sunday I did my first sketch crawl, altough it was just a home-crawl, but better than nothing :)
Yesterday I drew our bathroom after bathing...it's a really weird drawing, but I like it more and more. The left side shows a portrait of a model from a loreal-ad. I saw a girls journal - she paints every page of her journal with a different color (using a paintroll) and then she drew and paint over it. She has such a lovely style...I really adore her. So I tried to use a similiar technique... The portrait looks very well in my opinion. I think I'll paint something like that on canvas (just need to buy some new ones)...
And this weekend I ordered Cathy Johnson's book to sketching in nature...I really can't wait to have it in my hands. I hope the weather stays fine so that I can go out and begin sketching nature!
More soon!
On Sunday I did my first sketch crawl, altough it was just a home-crawl, but better than nothing :)
Yesterday I drew our bathroom after bathing...it's a really weird drawing, but I like it more and more. The left side shows a portrait of a model from a loreal-ad. I saw a girls journal - she paints every page of her journal with a different color (using a paintroll) and then she drew and paint over it. She has such a lovely style...I really adore her. So I tried to use a similiar technique... The portrait looks very well in my opinion. I think I'll paint something like that on canvas (just need to buy some new ones)...
And this weekend I ordered Cathy Johnson's book to sketching in nature...I really can't wait to have it in my hands. I hope the weather stays fine so that I can go out and begin sketching nature!
More soon!
2007/01/09
Watercolors
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I love the look of watercolors. It's a medium for all kind of people. It is easy to use for beginners who just want to shade and color their drawings a little bit and you can also do wonderful paintings with watercolors like Cathy Johnson.
I've never painted alot with watercolors because my paintings always looked so flat and boring. My Resolution for this year is to draw more and more with it. To learn a lot about painting landscapes with watercolor. Today I made 2 paintings in my moleskine. The one is of Chris Cornell. I did the inkdrawing of this 3 days ago and added the color today. I like how it came out, but the picture of it is a little bit bad...I hope I can use our scanner the next time.
The second painting is of a plant in our living room.
I've never painted alot with watercolors because my paintings always looked so flat and boring. My Resolution for this year is to draw more and more with it. To learn a lot about painting landscapes with watercolor. Today I made 2 paintings in my moleskine. The one is of Chris Cornell. I did the inkdrawing of this 3 days ago and added the color today. I like how it came out, but the picture of it is a little bit bad...I hope I can use our scanner the next time.
The second painting is of a plant in our living room.
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