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✖️CLOSED / SOCIAL MEDIA - Shoutouts of Your Art on my Insta Stories ✏️

✖️CLOSED / SOCIAL MEDIA - Shoutouts of Your Art on my Insta Stories ✏️

Hi Dear Potato Angels,

Warm regards from the Italian Alps! 🏂
Thank you for your support and another wonderful month!

Every month I share my Patrons art on Insta Stories as a big THANK YOU for your support.

Here are the rules:

Add your Intagram handle to the comment ...

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UPDATE - My short vacation and what you will find here in the coming week 💬

UPDATE - My short vacation and what you will find here in the coming week 💬

Hello everyone, 

Happy Friday! First of all, I came here to thank you for your support, because I'm going on a week-long holiday in the Alps tonight, and without you it wouldn't be possible 🥰 Thanks to Patreon, I can be financially independent, create art and share my passion with you!

During my absen...

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VIDEO TUTORIAL - 9 TIPS for Painting Skin Tones With Colored Pencils 🍿

VIDEO TUTORIAL - 9 TIPS  for Painting Skin Tones With Colored Pencils 🍿

Hi Everyone!

Exciting news! ✈️ The Art Retreat will be launched this Friday at 4PM CET. 

ART RETREAT UPDATE! + Costa Brava Sketchbook Spread ⛵️

ART RETREAT UPDATE! + Costa Brava Sketchbook Spread ⛵️


Hi Everyone!

Today I was going to finish and publish a video tutorial but suddenly I received an update about my Art Reatreat project and I couldn't think of anything else! I had to put my thoughts on paper! ☀️ 

Based on the completed surveys, I designed our Art Retreat in...

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Oil Painting WIP + What I’m currently working on 🎞

Oil Painting WIP + What I’m currently working on 🎞

Hi everyone,

How’s your Thursday so far? 🧡

It was a beautiful, sunny day here, and also Fat Thursday, so the whole Poland was eating donuts. Such a sweet tradition! I ate only two but huge - one with rose filling and one with coconut 🍩

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WIP - Oil Painting for the Art Challenge 🌇

WIP - Oil Painting for the Art Challenge 🌇

Hello everyone,

Happy Monday! 🧡🖌 

Today I started a portrait in the colors and mood chosen for our Art Challenge. I haven't painted with oil paints for a long time and I thought it was a great opportunity to come back to them.

I used a block for oil paints and paints from Win...

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PDF - Scanned Sketchbook Update 📖

PDF - Scanned Sketchbook Update 📖

Hi Everyone,

Happy Saturday! 

Two days ago I posted a reel on Instagram with an update of my current sketchbook. It was a quick teaser, but these are not all of the drawings I had.

I had to skip some pages so the reel wouldn't be too long and ...

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SURVEY 📋 - Art Retreat! Where should we go? 🗺

Hello everyone, 

I have some exciting news: I got an offer to become a host at Art Retreat in one of the many amazing places in the world! ✈️ 

For many years I traveled a lot working as a designer and it was an exciting time full of unexpected experiences. Being in remote corners of our beautifu...

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UPDATE - Physical Rewards for February 💝

UPDATE - Physical Rewards for February 💝

Hello my Dear Potato Angels!

I hope you are all had a good start into the new week 😊

Just popping in with a quick post to let you know about the rewards I have prepared for this month.


You will re...

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REAL TIME Video - Karin Markers Portrait Study 🌸

REAL TIME Video - Karin Markers Portrait Study 🌸

Hello Everyone,

Happy Sunday!

Thank you for voting in the last poll ! 🗳
The idea for the tutorial which received the most vo...

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POLL - Vote for the February Tutorial Video 📮


Hello everyone,

I hope February has started pleasantly for you all 😊 

Today I would like to ask you to vote on the tutorial for February.

Here are the options:

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QUICK LINKS - Easy access to my content 📌

QUICK LINKS - Easy access to my content 📌

Hi everyone,

Welcome in February! 

I have prepared a post for you, which will now be now pinned at the top of my Patreon wall because I finally managed to organize all the most important Patreon links on my website View Post

✖️CLOSED/ SOCIAL MEDIA - Shoutouts of your Art on my Instagram Stories ❄️

✖️CLOSED/ SOCIAL MEDIA - Shoutouts of your Art on my Instagram Stories ❄️

Hi Dear Potato Angels,

Thank you for your support and another wonderful month! 

Every month I share my Patrons art on Insta Stories as a big THANK YOU for your support.

Here are the rules:

Add your Intagram handle to the comment section below this post 🙌...

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DRAW WITH ME 🎞 - Ink and Gouache Sketchbook Session 🖌

DRAW WITH ME 🎞 - Ink and Gouache Sketchbook Session 🖌

Hello everyone!

I hope you're all having a pleasant weekend.

Recently, thanks to everyday drawing, I have gained more confidence in recording and I am capturing my process more often. In this way, I have already recorded several processes for real time videos, tutorials and the type of video that I have for you today...

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SNEAK PEEK - Gouache sketchbook study (filmed for the DWM video) 🧡🖌️

SNEAK PEEK - Gouache sketchbook study (filmed for the DWM video) 🧡🖌️

Hi Everyone,

Happy Friday!

Yesterday as part of "daily doodles" I decided to dust off my gouaches. I'm getting more and more comfortable drawing while shooing the process (I'm starting to forget about the camera), so I filmed this painting and still had a lot of fun! I thought it would be good material for the chill "Draw wit...

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TIME LAPSE - Portrait of Ellie from The Last of Us 🧟

TIME LAPSE - Portrait of Ellie from The Last of Us 🧟

Hi my dear Potato Angels,

Happy Thursday! 🧟🖤 

Today I wanted to share with you a time lapse video with a process of painting Ellie - the character from The Last of Us. In the video you can see the whole process, from start to finish, as well as the references I used along the way. 

Have a wonderful rest of your ...

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SNEAK PEEK - Portrait study filmed for the real time video / Karin markers 🦄✨

SNEAK PEEK - Portrait study filmed for the real time video / Karin markers 🦄✨

Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday! 🧡 

Today I filmed for you the whole process of painting a portrait study with Karin markers. I wanted to use them mostly as watercolors this time, so I used Arches hot-press paper. It handled Karin markers perfectly! 

Here are some frames from today’s shooting 🎥 

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UPDATE - Physical Rewards ✨

UPDATE - Physical Rewards ✨

Hello everyone,

Happy Saturday! 🧡 

Just wanted to let you know that I've selected physical rewards for January. 

Since the sketchbook is my main source of inspiration and a safe place to create art, I thought that a print made of one of its pages (in a bit more messy form than usual) would well ref...

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SNEAK PEEK: Portrait of Ellie from "TLOU2" + Poll Results 🌇

SNEAK PEEK: Portrait of Ellie from "TLOU2" + Poll Results 🌇

Hello everyone!

I've been drawing on my iPad for the last two days. I wanted to sketch a portrait of Ellie from "The Last of Us" because I really like the game (although I haven't finished it yet) and now the series based on it was released. I wanted to draw this character before I start watching the new production because...

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POLL - The mood-board for the New Challenge + 3 Downloadable Color Palettes 🪐

POLL - The mood-board for the New Challenge + 3 Downloadable Color Palettes 🪐

Hello everyone,

Happy Tuesday! 😊 

In the last post and on Discord I asked you about suggestions for a new challenge (and my next artwork). I really liked idea of @jaśka about choosing a one color palette for us all. 

I went a step further and created not only color palettes but themes and mood-boards based...

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NEW CHALLENGE? ✍🏼 Ideas and suggestions 💬

NEW CHALLENGE? ✍🏼 Ideas and suggestions 💬

Hello everyone!

Yesterday was the deadline of our last challenge proposed by Katrin - a watercolor portrait based on a one, specific reference photo. 🖌 Thank you so much for joining and sharing your work! In this post you can see my three favorite entries 🧡

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STEP BY STEP - My process of working on custom illustrations ✍️

STEP BY STEP - My process of working on custom illustrations ✍️

Hi Everyone! 

I hope you're having a good Saturday 😊 Today I have a special "step by step" for you.

In addition to running Patreon and creating courses or content for social media, I also work on commissioned illustrations. Because many of you plan to work on their own commissions I thought it might be an int...

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STEP BY STEP - Day 22 of Daily Doodles - Colored Pencils Portrait 🦜

STEP BY STEP - Day 22 of Daily Doodles - Colored Pencils Portrait 🦜

Hi everyone! 🧡

I'm still drawing every day as I planned - it's been 12 days already! ⭐️ 

I realized that for a long time I've been focusing more on documenting, filming, describing, analyzing drawings and sharing them on social media, instead on the essence itself - drawing without disturbing this meditat...

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SKETCHBOOK UPDATE: 6+ Days of Daily Doodles ✍🏼

SKETCHBOOK UPDATE: 6+ Days of Daily Doodles ✍🏼

Hi Everyone! 🥰

I hope the New Year has started pleasantly and inspiringly for you! As you know my resolution is to draw more but without putting too much pressure on myself. I try to start each ...

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WELCOME 2023! - Goals for this year 📚

WELCOME 2023! - Goals for this year 📚

Happy New Year everyone! 🎉 

I'm not the type of person to make New Year's resolutions. I am the type of person who decides on improving something almost every day. It's exhausting.

Every day I tell myself that I should do something differently: I should do more yoga, walk ins...

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✖️CLOSED/ SOCIAL MEDIA - Shoutouts of your Art on my Instagram Stories ☃️

✖️CLOSED/ SOCIAL MEDIA - Shoutouts of your Art on my Instagram Stories ☃️

Hi Dear Potato Angels!

Thank you for this wonderful year! 🎆

I can’t express how happy I am to share my work with this wonderful community. Thanks to you I can develop, learn, create what my heart dictates and share my passion with the world!

I hope the New Year will bring you a lot of joy, fulfillment, i...

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REAL TIME VIDEO: Rendering Different Skin Tones with Colored Pencils 🎞

REAL TIME VIDEO: Rendering Different Skin Tones with Colored Pencils 🎞

Hi everyone!

I hope you are having a peaceful and warm holiday time with your loved ones 🧡 I wonder how you spend this time of the year. Feel free to share about it in the comments if you like 😊💬

Today I am sharing with you a real-time process of rendering different skin tones with colored pencils.&n...

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STEP BY STEP - Watercolor & Colored Pencils Portrait 🎨

STEP BY STEP - Watercolor & Colored Pencils Portrait 🎨

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday! 

Yesterday I painted this study and wanted to share with you a short step-by-step. I start to feel more comfortable with watercolors and can’t wait too see where it takes me. Hope you like the effect 😊 

Have a wonderful holiday time! ⭐️ 

Love,

Gaby 

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REAL TIME VIDEO - Pencil Portrait for Watercolor Study 📓

REAL TIME VIDEO - Pencil Portrait for Watercolor Study 📓

Hey everyone ⛄️ 

Happy Tuesday! Today I decided to finish my watercolor study and start a new one. I wanna practice as much as possible so it’s important knowing when to stop and start a new study. I hop...

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WIP - Watercolor Portrait Study🖌

WIP - Watercolor Portrait Study🖌

Hi Everyone,

Happy Monday! I hope you had a pleasant weekend.

I started to paint the portrait based on the photo picked in a poll. I wanted it to be more stylized than the first, pencil study...

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