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STEP BY STEP & COLOR ANALYSIS - "Stranger Things" Fan Art - ChrissyπŸŒ²πŸŽ€

STEP BY STEP & COLOR ANALYSIS - "Stranger Things" Fan Art - ChrissyπŸŒ²πŸŽ€

Hi Everyone!

Hope you had a lovely weekend 🧑 Today I’m sharing with you a Step by Step process of drawing Chrissy from Stranger Things 4.

Movies, series and animations are an endless source of inspiration for me. After watching my favorite shows, I often feel nostalgic for the characters and that is why I like t...

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LIVE SKETCHBOOK SESSION - Let's draw together! (on Discord πŸ‘Ύ)

LIVE SKETCHBOOK SESSION - Let's draw together! (on Discord πŸ‘Ύ)

Hi Everyone!

Welcome in July! β˜€οΈ 

Tomorrow at 2:30 PM (Central European Time) we're going to draw together on Discord voice channel ✍️ 

It will be just a casual meeting with sketchbooks πŸ– Weird, fun and ugly drawings are very welcome! It won’t be recorded because I don’t want anyone to ...

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βœ–οΈClosed // SOCIAL MEDIA - Monthly Shoutouts of Your Art on my Insta Stories πŸ₯¨

βœ–οΈClosed // SOCIAL MEDIA - Monthly Shoutouts of Your Art on my Insta Stories πŸ₯¨

Hi Dear Potato Angels! πŸ€—

It’s almost the end of June!  πŸŒ±

Every month I share my Patrons art on Insta Stories as a big Thank You for their support!

✨ Here are the rules:

β€’ Add your Intagram handle to the comment section below this post πŸ™ŒπŸΌ

β€’ Stories will look more or less as ...

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REAL TIME PROCESS VIDEO 🎞 - Facial Expressions ✏️+😚+🀨

REAL TIME PROCESS VIDEO 🎞 - Facial Expressions ✏️+😚+🀨

Hi my Dear Potato Angels! 🍟 

I hope you had a pleasant Monday πŸ‘Œ Today I'm sharing the Real Time Process Video with the two studies, based on the references you picked in the last poll. 

Enjoy! ☺️🧑
Gabs

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WALLPAPER - Max Fanart πŸ›ΉπŸŽ§πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦°

WALLPAPER - Max Fanart πŸ›ΉπŸŽ§πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ¦°

Hi everyone!

I hope you had a good weekend. I spent most of mine drawing and I feel great about it! I got completely lost in the process ☁️ 

Here’s a fanart of Max Mayfield from Stranger Things and the Wallpaper version I prepared for you πŸ™ƒ Have you seen season 4? I can’t wait for the Vol. 2!  View Post

ART GUIDE: Dos and Don'ts for Beginners - Part 3 - "12 most common mistakes in drawing Eyes" πŸ‘

ART GUIDE: Dos and Don'ts for Beginners - Part 3 - "12 most common mistakes in drawing Eyes" πŸ‘

Hi everyone!

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

✍🏼 My comments and observations usually apply to people who are just starting their adventure with drawing. Therefore, I refer to these tendencies as "mistakes". Not be...

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SNEAK PEEK - Face expressions I drew for this month’s Real Time video β›…οΈπŸŽž

SNEAK PEEK - Face expressions I drew for this month’s Real Time video β›…οΈπŸŽž

Hi everyone!  

These two references had very similar amount of votes so I decided to draw and film both πŸ₯° Must admit - I love drawing expressions and enjoyed the process a lot!
First one is a bit more detailed because I wanted to show you the process of drawing hair and number two was more quick, with symbolic hair, as in most ...

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SNEAK PEEK - Portrait studies of elderly people πŸ‘΅πŸ½πŸ‘΄πŸΎ + Update πŸ“

SNEAK PEEK - Portrait studies of elderly people πŸ‘΅πŸ½πŸ‘΄πŸΎ + Update πŸ“

Hi Everyone!

Today I’d like to share with you the studies I made yesterday in a train πŸš† I went to Warsaw to meet with people from Patreon and other Polish Creators. We had a brunch together and talked about our passions πŸ₯° People do so many creative and amazing stuff, not necessarily related to drawing! There was on...

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POLL - Which expression should I draw for this month’s Real Time Process Video? πŸ—³

Hi my Dear Potato Angels! 

It’s time for the new Poll! πŸ₯ This time I’d like to draw some expression studies. Help me to pick which one should I draw for you first ✏️ 

😚🀨πŸ€ͺπŸ˜„πŸ˜•πŸ«£


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STEP BY STEP - Colored Pencils Portrait🍦

STEP BY STEP - Colored Pencils Portrait🍦

Hi Everyone! 

I'm back! 😊 It was an amazing and pretty crazy week! I'm very happy with the content we managed to film - it's gonna be a long course! 🎞 Today I wanna share with you my new portrait study made with colored pencils. I try to slowly come back to drawing for myself instead of focusing on the course and tight deadlines...

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SNEAK PEEK - Greetings from Madrid! β˜€οΈ

SNEAK PEEK - Greetings from Madrid! β˜€οΈ

Hi my Dear Potato Angels!

Who would have guessed that my trip to Madrid will take 36 hours πŸ˜‚

But I’m here! I’m safe and glad after first day of shooting my second Domestika course ❣️
I love my colorful set so much! It looks like a palette made from my favorite shades of colored pencils πŸ§šβ€β™‚οΈ
Today we filmed ...

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SNEAK PEEK and UPDATE before my trip to Madrid πŸ«£βœˆοΈβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή

SNEAK PEEK and UPDATE before my trip to Madrid πŸ«£βœˆοΈβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή

Hi everyone!

Welcome in June πŸ’•

Tomorrow, late at night, I'm flying to Madrid! I’ll be there till Saturday. On Monday I am starting to film the second course for Domestika (about portraits painted with colored pencils) and I am very excited but also stressed πŸ˜… I want everything to be as good as possible! I have prepared a lot ...

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SOCIAL MEDIA: Monthly Shoutouts of Your Art on my Instagram Stories β˜€οΈ

SOCIAL MEDIA: Monthly Shoutouts of Your Art on my Instagram Stories β˜€οΈ

Hello everyone! πŸ€—

It’s almost the end of May!  πŸŒ± Every month I share my Patrons art on Insta Stories as a big Thank You for their support!

✨ Here are the rules:

β€’ Add your Intagram handle to the comments section under this post πŸ™ŒπŸΌ

β€’ Stories will look more or less as at the top of ...

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VIDEO: Real Time Process - Watercolor Portrait Painting 🎨🍿🎞

VIDEO: Real Time Process - Watercolor Portrait Painting 🎨🍿🎞

Hi Everyone!

I'm so glad to share with you this video! It's a real time process of painting the portrait from the reference you have chosen in a poll. I enjoyed a lot painting it and I hope you'll enjoy watching! 😊 

Hugs 🧑 

Gaby 

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SNEAK PEEK: Colored pencils studies πŸ›Ό

SNEAK PEEK: Colored pencils studies πŸ›Ό

Hi everyone!

How are you? 😊 

Today I finally could draw something for myself. I painted few studies with colored pencils. It’s a very pleasant change after working the whole week on less creative projects 😌 For the first time I used a graphite pencil to make the initial sketch. Before I thought it will make my sketches l...

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SNEAK PEEK: Watercolor portrait based on the photo chosen in the last Poll 🌱

SNEAK PEEK: Watercolor portrait based on the photo chosen in the last Poll 🌱

Hi Everyone!

I hope you’re having a good beginning of the week β˜€οΈ

Today I wanna share with you a portrait painted only with watercolors (I usually add some gouache, ink or colored pencils). I’m happy how it turned out, I hope you like it too! I filmed the whole process so I’m gonna share the Real Time video soon 🎞 🍿&n...

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ART GUIDE: Dos and Don'ts for Beginners - Part 2 - "Line drawing" πŸ₯¨

ART GUIDE: Dos and Don'ts for Beginners - Part 2 - "Line drawing" πŸ₯¨

Hi everyone!

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

✍🏼 Remember that my comments and observations usually apply to people who are just starting their adventure with drawing. Therefore, I refer to these tendencies as "mistakes". Not becaus...

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"Blue-Eyed Girl" Color Palette - ready to use in Procreate 🎨

"Blue-Eyed Girl" Color Palette - ready to use in Procreate 🎨

Hi everyone!

I hope you’re all having a great day β˜€οΈ 

Today I wanted to share with you my color palette from the "Blue-eyed girl" portrait. As with colored pencils - in digital art I usually use similar colors and their combinations. It’s probably a combination of my personal preferences, mood and period...

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POLL - Help me to pick the photo reference to paint a portrait study πŸ—³βœ¨

Hi everyone! 🌱

Please help me to pick one of these reference photos! I’d love to paint one with watercolors 🫠

🧑

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PDF - SCANNED SKETCHBOOK: My 1st 100 Heads Challenge + Reference photos πŸ“Œ

PDF - SCANNED SKETCHBOOK: My 1st 100 Heads Challenge + Reference photos πŸ“Œ

May 16 UPDATE: For the last few days I was collecting reference photos I used for my 100HC in 2019. My brain hates me now 🫠 but I was able to find most of them! Here’s the Pinterest board - LINK πŸ“Œ If someone recognizes and has the photo that I used to draw th...

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SNEAK PEEK + TIME LAPSE: Digital Portrait Painting (Procreate) βœ¨πŸ–Œ

SNEAK PEEK + TIME LAPSE: Digital Portrait Painting (Procreate) βœ¨πŸ–Œ

Hi everyone! 🧑

Today I’m sharing with you my last digital design. I wanted to come back to the style I enjoyed a lot (such as my profile picture on Instagram). The process and brushes were basically the same as I shared in 2022-05-09 11:48:17 +0000 UTC View Post

VIDEO: Real Time Watercolor sketch 🌸 Welcome in May 🌱

VIDEO: Real Time Watercolor sketch 🌸 Welcome in May 🌱

Hi Everyone!

Welcome in May! 😊 In this video you can see my process of painting the portrait that I used for the cover of my "100 Heads Challenge #2" 🎞 

Materials I used:

  • Paper: Paper Concept, Watercolor Pad, A5
  • MT Washi tape
  • ...

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VIDEO: SHADING in Portait Art - Tips and Demo Process + linear sketch for practice ✏️

VIDEO: SHADING in Portait Art - Tips and Demo Process + linear sketch for practice ✏️

Hi Everyone! 🧑

Thank you so much for the positive feedback under my last post, Iβ€˜m so glad you enjoyed it! πŸ“• 

Today I’m sharing the video about shading with traditional pencil. I’m explaining main terms and showing you my process. Attached you can find also the outline of my sketch that I used in this video - in case...

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Ebook with my 100 Heads Challenge πŸ“Ž - Gumroad Discount πŸ›

Ebook with my 100 Heads Challenge πŸ“Ž  - Gumroad Discount πŸ›

May 2022' UPDATE: Now you can get my E-Book on Gumroad πŸ“Ž  
As my Patron ...

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MONTHLY SHOUTOUTS of your Art on my Instagram Stories 🧑 April 22’

MONTHLY SHOUTOUTS of your Art on my Instagram Stories 🧑 April 22’

Hello everyone! πŸ€—

It’s almost the end of April!  πŸŒ± I hope the actual spring will come soon because I 'm quite tired of the crazy weather - rain, snow and cold. Even March was warmer here!

Every month I share my Patrons art on Insta Stories as a big Thank You for their support!

✨ Here are the rul...

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100 Heads Challenge: All 100 Heads, Hi Res Board πŸ₯¨

100 Heads Challenge: All 100 Heads, Hi Res Board πŸ₯¨

Hi Everyone!

This week I’m working on the e-book with my last 100 Heads Challenge. I want it to be more detailed to share it on Gumroad. As my Patrons you’ll get direct links to download it for free πŸ˜‰ If there’s any suggestion, idea or a question you’d like to ask about this challenge, let me know 😊 Meanwhile here’s are al...

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🎞 VIDEO: REAL TIME PROCESS - Colored Pencils Portrait Study 🌸

🎞 VIDEO: REAL TIME PROCESS - Colored Pencils Portrait Study 🌸

Hi everyone!

Here’s the video with my last portrait study based on the reference that won in voting πŸ—³


During the process I had a feeling that I won’t be able to overcome the uncertain stage. I was making so many searching lines and didn’t know what to do but I’m glad I trusted the process and finished this stud...

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PDF - List of my favorite, traditional art supplies πŸ§‘πŸ–Œ

Hi Everyone! 🌸 

Today I'm sharing with you the list of my favorite art supplies. Check out the attachment at the end of this post πŸ“Ž I'm going to update it from time to time and it's going to be in the 2022-04-20 14:15:24 +0000 UTC View Post

SNEAK PEEK: Colored pencil portrait study based on the reference chosen by you 🧑

SNEAK PEEK: Colored pencil portrait study based on the reference chosen by you 🧑

Hi Everyone!

Here’s the drawing I made based on the photo you picked in the last poll. It was quite difficult, not gonna lie πŸ˜… First of all it was a while since I painted with colored pencils, and second of all - it was a difficult reference! The angles on her face are so subtle, I didn’t know how to find them. There were many searc...

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UPDATE/ SNEAK PEEK πŸ₯” ✨ - Look who came to visit us! πŸ€“

UPDATE/ SNEAK PEEK πŸ₯” ✨ - Look who came to visit us! πŸ€“

Hi Everyone!

Look who came to visit us 😭 The Potato Angel Plush is finally ready! I’m completely head over heel about him! He’s soft, he’s cute and his wings and halo glow in the dark!!!
There’s only one in the world right now but if the campaign will be successful (200 items must sell in 21 days) he’s gonna have family me...

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