Painting adventures

The past month I dived into one big online painting adventure called Bloom True. It was an incredible fun, colourful and above all messy *I LOVE MESSY* experience. I learned a lot, not only about painting intuitively but also about relating topics as letting go, being kind to yourself whilst creating and not taking things, including yourself & your work, too seriously. I worked on several canvasses at the same time. I'll show you some results so far. They're not finished, just on their way to a yet unknown "destination" :-)

And my first finished painting ever, yay! It's the smalles one I've been working on, 30 x 30 cm :-)

Modern Day Nymph

I think I'm in love with this one :-) Inspired by a photograph of  Ed Ross. Drawn with coloured pencils in my "new" antique book that I turned into a sketchbook. 

Radiant

A lot of business up here lately! I've been having a lot of fun with Radiant Faces. I ran into this online event by accident and knew right away that it was exactly what I would love to participate in. So, since the start of October I'm having a lot of fun with all kinds of possible ways to draw and paint...FACES, yay! One of my FAVOURITE subjects! Some results so far:

Birthday Cards

Some time ago I decided to start participating in design contests every now and then. Not only because they're fun, but because it's a great possibility to build up a portfolio as well. The works above I made for a competition with the theme "cute characters". I just love to create these small fun characters! First I sketched them and then I painted them with acrylic paint, black pencil and charcoal. And I gave on a background in Photoshop. I'd love to get these printed, in fact, I'm going to! I'll show you the results soon!

True Beauty...

Tadaaa, here's the piece I made for the Global Talent Search I told you about in my latest post! It's also showcased in a gallery amongst the other 999 (!) entries of other artists. All amazing work! Check out Lilla's website for sure to see more great work made in this competition.
Although I didn't make it to the Top 50 that went to the semi final, I'm very happy I took part and experienced the whole thing. And I'm also excited about this piece of work and some other pieces I made!

The Spark

It's been a very busy week! Last week the Global Talent Search of Lilla Rogers Studio started. It's a design competition looking for the ultimate new illustration talent. From my Bootcamp experience I knew Lilla's assignments are super fun, so I thought it would be a great experience to enter. We got the assignment past week, a very exciting one: make a Wall Art piece, theme  'Little Terrariums'. I dived into the subject exploring terrarium shapes, succulent textures and colors. I've drawn and painted a lot and than some more. I loved it! Pictures?

The small sketch (top right) was the spark to the idea for my final piece...

Along the way I kept turning left, right, left, trying out several ideas that popped in my head. It resulted in my final piece and some other fun pieces. A very productive week for sure! What I was really happy with was that I didn't freeze up, just had fun and managed to submit a piece I'm pretty proud of. Rewarded myself with a pat on the back, feels like a great prize already!

Above two of the extra pieces I made. Although it wasn't what I was looking for as a final piece, I'm really happy with it
as a result!

We are asked not to show any final work until this Tuesday, when the gallery goes online with everyones work in it. So...I'll show you my final piece in a few days!

Just for Fun