Monday, May 11, 2015
Journal Page Sunday Bliss
This is just simply Sunday Bliss. A great memory of a december day in my journal.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Draw Tip Tuesday Combining favourites
Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!
Today Im combining two favourites: graphite pencil and coffee.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Draw Tip Tuesday The Lab cling foil
Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday - The Lab!
A little experiment today:
A little experiment today:
I got inspired by my friend Sandy, who mentioned cling foil could make fun patterns when you wrinkle it over your wet watercolour wash. Of course I had to try it out!
Thanks for the tip, Sandy!
Next week Ill add a fun drawing on this background. In the meantime,
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Next week Ill add a fun drawing on this background. In the meantime,
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Friday, May 8, 2015
Vacation Journal Pages
I went on vacation from May 4 to may 16. We did a great roadtrip, which was our honeymoon at the same time!
We actually got married in Las Vegas. It was a drive-thru wedding in our rented convertible! It was fun and hilarious, but still it felt intimate and sort of romantic in its own funny way.
This was our ride:
Why Vegas, you ask? Well, to us, getting married is about two people, and not about guest lists, receptions, dresses, cakes, brides maids etc. So we decided to combine travelling, getting married and a honeymoon - for this, Vegas was a great option. After the wedding we fled the plastic Vegas circus and made a road trip through beautiful places and wonderful national parks. It was awesome!
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| We had a morning run on the strip and even through casinos, Vegas is crazy unreal. We were glad to roll into Arizona town Tusayan, where we met a musician who was quite a character. I made an attempt to draw him :) |
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| We saw the Grand Canyon and awed at its endlessness... |
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| ...enjoyed Utah and stayed in a quite little town called Tropic and visited Bryce Canyon National Park... |
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| ...had our first helicopter flight ever and flew over Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Black Canyon... |
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| ...visited Hoover Dam. What a beautiful piece of architecture! |
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| In our front yard at the bungalow we rented in the Mojave Desert, hummingbirds came to visit every morning and afternoon. I only saw hummingbirds on pictures and tv. It was amazing to see them hoovering over bright coloured cactus flowers! |
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| It was hot, out there in the desert. Even the wind was super warm. I drank a lot of iced tea and coffee (and drew one of them too). My husband played a lot of ukelele and guitar, it was a creative and inspiring trip. I loved the rows of mailboxes alongside of the dirt roads. You couldnt even see the houses they belonged to, such distances in those desert towns! Those mailboxes are very exotic to me anyways, whereas for US citizens its something completely normal. |
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| Im such a citygirl. I didnt even know I spotted a roadrunner until I got online to figure out what that funny walking bird could be. Ill admit it: I actually thought a roadrunner only existed in that cartoon (whoops) |
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| After seeing all these beautiful nature sights, we got back to Las Vegas, which looked even more unreal! |
Marvel Mirage
A young artist named Gerardo recently sent me a neat drawing of his (The American Turtle) based on a story that he and a friend are working on.They call it Marvel Mirage; a mash-up of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Marvel characters.
He gave me descriptions of the other characters (Shellowine, The Iron Turtle, and Shellpool) and asked me if I would do up some SP style images for them. I dont always do this, but I remembered the fun I had at 14 with this kind of thing, so I was more than happy to play around with it myself and throw something together.
Anyway, I thought they had a really fun idea going and I wanted to just share it with you, here they are below (Click image to enlarge)
Oh, and if you ever get the chance to help out and encourage a young artist - or any young person for that matter - please do, you wont regret it.
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