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COLORING PAGES - Ink drawings from my Sketchbook 🖋

Hi Everyone 🧡

It's Friday! I hope you all had a good week 🍂 

Today I have for you scanned, ink drawings from my sketchbook, that can be used for practice - as coloring pages or to practice shading & cross-hatching - whatever you like! 🖌 You can print them or use digitally 😉
There attached at the end of this p...

STEP BY STEP - The New Little Mermaid Fan Art 🧜🏾‍♀️

Hello my Dear Potato Angels!

Today I wanted to share with you my new artwork made with colored pencils. I worked on it the whole Sunday and it’s my more complex character painted with colored pencils so far 🧡 

I’m absolutely delighted that Halle Bailey will be the new Little Mermaid! Heard the 2022-09-19 14:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post

REAL-TIME VIDEO: Architectural studies 🏡

Hi everyone!

Hope you’re all having a peaceful weekend 🧡 Today I am sharing with you a video made for the August “Draw with me” session but in a Real-Time version 🤗 I know many of you appreciate this type of footage.

You can speed it up, skip to certain moments, that cause you troubles or just draw everything with me ✏�...

SNEAK PEEK - Sketchbook Studies of the Sea Creatures 🐙 / Mixed media

Hi Everyone!

I hope you’re having a good week so far 😊 

The sea animals won in the last vote, so I spent the whole Tuesday drawing them and recording the whole process 🎥 

I'm not sure how I feel about them... It seems to me that I have approached the challenge too ambitiously and using too many media (colored ...

STEP BY STEP - Interior study painted in Procreate 🛋🐱⏰

Hi everyone! ☀️

I hope you’re all feeling good today 😊 

For a long time I have been planning to learn how to draw backgrounds for my characters. I love seeing inspiring interiors and I really want to learn how to draw them. Yesterday I took this step! The illustration is not exactly what I planned it to be, but I will g...

POLL 🗳 - Help me to pick the board with references for the "Draw with me" video 🐶🐱🐦🦈

Hi Everyone! 🧡

Some time ago I gave you a few boards with animal references to pick from, and you chose foxes (I drew them in November 🎞) but the competit...

FLORAL HAIR 🐝 - Colored pencils portrait / Step by Step

Hi Everyone!

I hope you're having a pleasant Monday 😊 

Here's the quick Step by Step of my last portrait. As you can see, I still can't say goodbye to summer vibes 🌸🐝  

Materials: I used Talens Art Creation sketchbook (A4 size), red Col-Erase pencil, Holbein ...

UPDATE - Hello September! 🌻

Hi Everyone! 

Hello, at the turn of summer and fall 🍃 I really like those moments when autumn is warm and golden, full of fruity scent and gradually lighter, colder air. It's also nostalgic because it reminds me going back to school, saying goodbye to summer friendships and starting new ones. Do you like this time of the year?

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

Hi Dear Potato Angels! 🤗

It’s almost the end of August! 🌻 

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 🙌🏼

Your Instagram has to be public and a...

DRAW WITH ME VIDEO 🎙 - Architectural studies 🏡 🏄‍♀️ 🌵

Hi my Dear Potato Angels! ⭐️ 

I'm so excited to share with you this "Draw with me" video! 🍿 It's been a while since you heard my voice on the video so I felt quite nervous but it was also such a great fun! I must admit that I got lost in staring at the process of my own drawing while editing 😂 I hope you wil...

UPDATE - September rewards 🌻

Hi everyone!

I hope you’re all having a pleasant Friday 😊 

I wanted to share with you the art print I planned as a reward for September. It‘s the tattooed girl illustration in a minimalistic style, inspired by Japanese art. I think it nicely matches the artwork from August 👌🏼
I also ordered several samples of sti...

ART GUIDE - 10 effective exercises to fill your sketchbook, have fun and develop your skills ✏️

As for what you can create in your sketchbook, sky's the limit... ☀️  

You can draw what you like, what is difficult for you, what you are currently learning, create a diary, scrapbook or even cut out various patterns from its pages.

In this post, however, I want to list 10 examples which I think are very effective when...

SNEAK PEEK - Portrait of Devi from "Never have I ever" 👑

Hi everyone!

I hope you’re having a pleasant weekend.

Sunday was pretty gloomy here so I could just stay at home and draw 🤓 Recently I finished watching 3rd season of “Never have I ever" and decided to draw Devi. She’s such an amazing character 🧡 

It was very difficult to capture her subtle smile. I haven't dr...

PDF - Scanned Sketchbook #8 (2021/22) 📚✨

Hi everyone!

Today I would like to share with you a PDF file of my last sketchbook. It's my 8th so far (and a few others are almost finished).

I share the sketchbook in such a format, so you could feel as holding it in your hands, turning pages at your own pace and looking at every detail, brushstroke and mistake that mak...

SNEAK PEEK - Architectural studies with markers 🏄‍♀️ + Ideas for the voiceover🎙…

Hi everyone! 🧡

How are you?! I’ve been absent for a few days because I went on a short vacation to the seaside, to recharge my batteries ☀️  I had an introduction to the kite surfing and absolutely loved it!!! Can’t wait to do it again and learn more 🥰

Our camping was totally in my style! Surfing aesthetic is so pa...

ART GUIDE: Dos and Don'ts for Beginners - Part 5 - "15 common mistakes in drawing heads, facial contours and hair"

Hi everyone!

This is the fifth post of a series based on observations of my students' exercises on Domestika.

You can find previous guides here: Part 1,2022-08-11 21:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post

AUGUST REWARDS - This month’s Art Print and Sticker🍦

Hi my Dear Potato Angels!

I hope you had a pleasant beginning of the week ☀️ 

It’s just a quick post to share with you the rewards prepared for August. These two are definitely one of my favorite artworks and I feel very attached to them 🌸

Soon I’m going to share also the rewards I plan for September. I wanna sh...

STEP BY STEP - Digital Pastel Painting (Procreate) 🍭

Hi everyone! 

I hope you're all having a pleasant Weekend 🧡 

Today I'm sharing with you the Step By Step process of my last digital painting. I hope it will be helpful 😊 

🍿 ICYMI, here's the 2022-08-07 18:46:38 +0000 UTC View Post

TIMELAPSE 🍭 - From sketch to final character

Hi everyone! 

I hope you’re all having a good week so far 🧡 Lately I’m trying to focus on relaxing and developing my skills but there’s a thin line between gentle motivation and pushing yourself too hard, and too far from your comfort zone 🫠 

I decided to pick the first photo reference that will look inspiring t...

CONTENT SUGGESTIONS 💌

Hi my Dear Potato Angels! 🧡 Welcome in August.

THANK YOU ALL for your amazing support! Thanks to you I’m able to develop my skills, explore art, learn a lot about myself and my process, experiment with new topics and media, challenge myself and feel safe about sharing it with you ☀️ 

In this pos...