Sourcing Inspiration

Spring is on its way. Birds are building their nests, on the air, there's a hint of the smell of the nature awakening. On a sunny spot, just sitting and breathing.
It was snowing a bit last night but all that melted rapidly when sun showed its face.
Inspiration for these faces became from spring and more or less from a great drawing guide made by Andrew Loomis.

The first one is pencil drawing and the second is vector image from a sketch created with Illustrator.

The 100DayProject starts today

Better late than never!
Starting my #100facesbyjaana project easy way.
I'm a bit late but will catch up in time along the way.

This time I decided to mark out my subject for the project. Last year I just wanted to draw something for 100 day and it surprisingly worked out well.
We'll see how this "face" thing develops during up coming 100 days.
Posting my work also on Instagram, you can follow me there @jaanahalme and please, feel free to take part for the 100day challenge!

Cat in Gouache

Gouache painting from another siamese cat, Mario

365 Project, Today's drawing 14/365

Daily drawing, in this case more like a watercolor "painting"
#IFDrawAWeek5 #ifdrawaweek Theme of this week is Draw your pet. 

Since I don't have one, I took the liberty to borrow my friends @manumessimario cat, 

meaning, one of them :D

Struggle with watercolors and watercolor pencils, pretty hard, another new thing to take for my learning course.
Nevertheless, this cat has so magnificent facial expressions and lovely huge ears that it was a pleasure to paint him anyway :) Maybe I'll paint or draw his brothers also, you'll never know ;)

Photo reference: Johanna Salmi, owner of these three siamese cat.

Taisteltu vesiväreillä ja vesivärikynillä...(huhhuh, ihailen niitä jotka tuon tekniikan hallitsevat)
Eli, muotokuvassa kuuluisa Seinäjokelainen kissa emäntänsä ottamasta kuvasta maalattuna.

365 Project, Today's drawing 13/365

New medium to try.
Getting to know Gouache paints and painting technique. I have never been able to paint nothing bearable with watercolors or similar paint. So, I decided to turn new page and give it a chance.
This feels nice, a matter of fact, pretty rousing.
Although, my brush technique sucks for the moment :)
Todays images I have painted by taking class:
Drawing and Illustration Basics
Taught by Heather Ross
by creativebug

Kokeilussa uusi maalaus tekniikka, guassi värit.
En koskaan ole tullut toimeen vesivärien yms. kanssa joten päättelin ottaa härkää sarvista ja katsoa onko minusta "akvarellistiksi". Nämä guassit ainakin tuntuvat ihan kivoilta, ja tietysti niiden peitto ominaisuus helpottaa joltisenkin työskentelyä. Tosin, sivellintekniikkani on kyllä aivan surkea.
Varsinaisten vesivärien kanssa asia on varmasti ihan toinen, niitä täytyy katsoa sitten myöhemmin.
Päivän kuvat ovat creativebug:in kurssin, Drawing and Illustration Basics
Taught by Heather Ross, harjoitustehtäviä.

365 Project, Today's drawing 12/365

Todays subject, Red heels.
Digital painting with Tablet.
One of the features which I like in digital painting is that you don't have to clean all brushes, cups and palette afterwards. And that huge advantage of Ctrl+z :) (or undo if using tablet).
But of course it doesn't give you the organic feel of "real" medium, no smell and almost nothing to feel with your fingers.
Somehow my end results are also too clinical, but that, I believe is solved by practising more and developing  my own visual skills.
Software Corel Painter for Android, Samsung Note 10,1 with s-pen.

Yksi mukavista ominaisuuksista digitaalisessa maalauksessa on, että sinun ei tarvitse puhdistaa kaikkia välineitä jälkeenpäin. Sekä Ctrl + z näppäinyhdistelmä :)  (tai peruuttaa, jos käyttää tablettia).
Mutta, tietenkään se ei anna samaa orgaanista tuntumaa kuin "oikeat" tekniikat, ei hajua ja eikä lähes minkäänlaista sormien kautta välittyvää tuntumaa.
Jotenkin lopputulokset ovat myös liian siloteltuja, mutta luulisin että ratkaisu on harjoitella tekniikoita enemmän ja kehittää omaa visuaalista osaamista kuvan tekemisessä noin yleensäkkin.

365 Project, Today's drawing 11/365

Todays drawing combines two challenges.
My day 11/365 drawing challenge and Creativelive project, 28 To Make, day 23, Make Your Marker, together.
I drew with ink which is new experience to me, and my "marker" was found on my yard last summer. Beginning was bit difficult, but I managed to find some possibilities of how to use feather as a drawing tool. Very rewarding experiment :)

Päivän piirustus yhdistää kaksi haastetta. Oman päivä 11/365 piirustushaasteen ja Creativelive projektin, 28 To Make, päivä 23, Make Your Marker.
Piirsin musteella, joka on uusi kokemus minulle, ja minun "markkeri" löytyi pihalta viime kesänä. Alku oli hieman vaikeaa, mutta löysin kuitenkin muutamia tapoja käyttää sulkaa kuin piirtimenä. Erittäin antoisa kokeilu :)