Self-portrait

It's drawing sunday ! :) Today I decided to do something I've never tried before, except in drawing classes where I had no choice but to do so: draw myself. I chose a picture that I really like so my job would be easier, which is below.
As for materials, I used graphite pencils HB, 2B, 4B 6B and 9B. I haven'te drew for quite a while and I found hair a bit hard to draw and it's not as dark as I wanted it to stay. The scanner ruined many of the shadows, but I think you can still see them. It's as close to the photo as I could draw. Though I like the way it turned out, I really need to get to draw more frequently, need practise. It took me about an hour and a half. Here it is:

Dear stranger.

I'm back! And finally with a new drawing! I'm so sorry for not posting for so long, I just haven't had the time to draw like I had before. But I'm trying to conciliate classes with drawing, so I can have some more free time to draw. Can't promise anything but I'm trying.

This one started as simple draft I made after a test when I finished earlier and I had plenty of time 'till the end of the class. When I got home I decided to risk and color it and I actually like it. Don't mind her skin, I'm still learning how to color properly human skin and which colors to use. I have no idea of who she is, some of my friends say she looks like me, others even said she looked like Lara Croft. I just drew what came up to my mind and she came out. Enjoy!

(Click on it for a full and better view)

Avan Jogia.

Hi everyone ! Lately I've been really inspired, and I've even been working on multiple drawings at the same time. One of them is, like I already told you, a drawing to my sensei that I'll give to him as a gift when we get back to the dojo. The other one is the one I'm about to show you, that I finished moments ago.

So, I'm a huge fan of Avan Jogia. Ever since I found out about Twisted (one of my favourites TV series EVER), where Avan plays the main role as Danny Desai, I, as many others, fell in love with both the character and the actor ahah. I love the mistery of it all, you're always wondering who did what and why, and when you think you're sure of what really happened, they always find a way to surprise you. I'm completely hooked ! I'm getting carried away already, I'm sorry ahah. Yey Twisted ! 

I started drawing Avan two days ago, after seeing a beautiful photo in his official facebook page of the photoshoot he did with Angelo Kritikos for Perez Hilton. HERE it is, if you're curious. He looks absolutely stunning and I just couldn't resist ahah. I left it aside yesterday, because I spent the day out, but today I finished it.

To me the hardest part to draw was the pattern of his suit. It wasn't too hard of course, but it wasn't that easy too. I was so concentrated on the shapes  of the pattern that I got a headache. But I still finished it. So, here he is, Avan Jogia everyone ! :) <3

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Mermaid.

Hi once again. :) I know I said I'd post about my materials this time and haven't done it yet. I've already the pictures, but I've been lazy lately to write about them. So I'm sorry for my laziness, ahah. 

Anyways, instead, I'm here once again to show you one of my new drawings. I did the sketch last Wednesday, when I was at my dad's office. I was bored and had nothing interesting to do, and gladly I had my drawing journal with me so I borrowed a pencil and a rubber from my dad and started doodling. When we came home, I decided to give it a bit of color, but I left it aside and was only able to finish it today.

If you're wondering why it doesn't look so realistic, it's because she's a product of my imagination. Imagination was my only tool on this one, ahah. So here it is, the mermaid. :)

If you wish to see it in a bigger size just click it.

Reaching Nirvana.

Hi there you beautiful people ! How have you been ? You probably noticed the blog has a new look ! It's still under construction, so bear with me if it still looks too simple, My sister is helping me, in fact, she was the one who created the new header and the navbar, so thank you Ofélia !

My next post here was supposed to be about my materials, I'd basically show you all of mine and talk a bit about them, and tell you which one I'm more familiar with, and which ones I use the most, etc etc. I was taking pictures of everything but when I saw the gouaches and the watercolors I felt compelled to use them. Specially because I'm not that confortable with both of them and I really want to expand my horizons, I don't want to be the kind of artist that is stuck in only one material to work. Not saying that it's bad, because it isn't, I just want to be the "flexible" kind of artist that can work with anything that is given to him.

I had no idea what to do, so I just painted the background in black. After it dried, I was thinking on doing something with a white pencil, but then I decided to continue using gouache. As I'm into Buddhism and agree with many of its principles, I decided to go with a little tribute to prince Siddhartha, or Buddha. It pictures the time when prince Siddhartha sat under the bodhi tree and after much time of deep meditation (about 49 days), he is believed to have reached enlightment (Nirvana), becoming then the Buddha (which means Awakened one). I wanted to show my respect somehow and this was the way I found to do it. 

Now, enough with the talking, here it is, hope you like it ! And opinions are always welcome ! :)

Just click it to see it bigger and more detailed.

Tamaki sensei.

It is done. :) It's sensei Leo Tamaki, for those who didn't recognize or don't know who he is (go here to get some info on him). I felt like drawing him as a little tribute. I took so long to upload it here because I got lazy. D: I started on the kimono and got lazy with it, left it unfinished for two days. Today I got the strength back and finally finished it. I used HB, 2B, 4Bl and 6B to draw him.

And I think that's it, I don't have much to say about it. I like it. Hope you do too ! :)

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Currently in progress...

Good news, I'm drawing again ! My wrist doesn't hurt that much now, thank God. So I grabbed my pencils and my graphic journal, and let's draw !  First of all, I'm really sorry for the quality once again. I took the picture with my cellphone and the lighting in the room sucks. But I really wanted to show you what I'm working on right now so I uploaded it anyway. You can't see much of the shadows unfortunately. But when I'm done, I'll scan it and then, let's hope the quality gets better.

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Evermore.

This one I drew some time ago, but still, I felt like sharing. bear with me on this, I'm still working on my colouring technique.

I wanted to draw tulips, because it's my favourite flowers, so I ended up doing and this is the result. I also did them because I'm crazy about The Immortals series, written by Alyson Nöel, in which red tulips have a significant meaning to the main characters.

I used the tulips on the cover of the first book of the series ( Evermore ) as a reference to draw and colour mine. It doesn't look much like it, but actually I didn't want it to be. 

The cover of the book, if your curious, here. To see the drawing in a bigger size just click it. I am sorry for the quality by the way, my scanner always ruins it.

If you want to know more about the amazing books that are part of The Immortals series, this is the official site and contains everything you need to know about the story. You can also visit this site for info. To know more about the writer, go here.

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Stay.

And my Rihanna is done ! I kind of messed up her neck so I am sorry for that. Her hair isn't exactly like it was in the picture because I decided to be creative with it and made my own version. Yup I need to practise on drawing hair. Sometimes it turns out nicely and exactly as the picture, other times this happens. But it isn't too bad, I think.

This one I posted larger than my previous drawings here, because the quality's still low. I am terribly sorry. I scanned it, but the scanner light ruined the drawing completely, so I had to take a photo with my camera. If only I had a better camera you could see much better the lights and shadows of her face, but oh well.

This took me about, 6 to 7 hours to complete. I started it yesterday and finished today. I used 2B, 3B, 6B and 9B.

the wolf.

Please bear with me on this one, it's my first attempt at drawing a wolf, and drawing fur. This took me about an hour maybe, I'm not sure. I've always been kinda messy on drawing hair and fur is no exception, that's why his fur looks disheveled and really messy. And I'm sorry if he kinda looks like a fox. As I said before, it's my first attempt at drawing a wolf.

So, like it was my first try at drawing this beautiful animal, I followed a simple tutorial from a great site, DragoArt, you can use if you need some tips, here. I used 2B, 3B and 6B pencils.

I am sorry for the quality, my scanner ruins the shadows and light in the drawing. If you wish to see it in a bigger size just click in the drawing.

death upon us.

A few days ago, I was browsing tumblr and I found this. I loved it, so I thought of giving it a try. I know my version is missing some of the details but that's because I chose to not draw them. So yes, I did change some small things here and there. I made the eye holes my way so you'll notice some difference. And it's not perfect but I like it.
It looks better if you see the real drawing, the scanner screwed up the shadows a little bit. I used pencils 2B,3B, 6B and H, not in that order.
If anyone knows who's artwork is this please let me know so I can credit the artist properly.

To see the drawing in a bigger size just click it.

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