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EARLY ACCESS // hair studies

This month’s challenge for flame members was on drawing hair! We focused on capturing volumes as well as smaller details like loose strands. My process for this one was really chaotic so it didn't really turn out the way I wanted, so I might revisit this subject again soon!

Flame members also get the full process video, plus a resource that talks you through my process and explains my creative choices in making these studies. It also discusses common mistakes and gives some tips! Thos...

UPDATE // February Q&A session

Hello lovely flame members! This month's Q&A session is taking place in a few days: Wednesday 28 February at 8PM CET. Unfortunately I couldn't do a weekend day, but I bumped it to a later timeframe than usual so that hopefully some of you can still make it! Check out this time zone converter to see what time that is in your area!

Hope to see ...

PROCESS VIDEO // emergence - part 2

Here's part 2 of my process videos for Emergence, my most recent painting!

Some info about this process:

• The process has been sped up by 250% - so a bit over twice the original speed.
• This painting took me about 5 hours to make.
• The brush I used the most was the hard round brush from my own set - 2024-02-26 10:18:41 +0000 UTC View Post

PROCESS VIDEO // emergence - part 1

I put together the process videos for Emergence, my most recent painting! It consists of two parts - this is part 1 of 2. 

Some info about this process: 

• The process has been sped up by 250% - so a bit over twice the original speed.
• This painting took me about 5 hours to make.
• The brush I used the most was the hard round brush from my own set - 2024-02-26 10:17:12 +0000 UTC View Post

EARLY ACCESS // emergence

I started this painting back in July and finally got around to finishing it! This one was so soothing to do because it was a purely inuitive painting. I wanted to create a sense of a character coming to existence out of nothing. I’m working on putting together the process video, but for now I hope you like the art! Have a great weekend everyone!

EARLY ACCESS // sketches

Here’s the result of a couple of random sketch sessions from the last weeks! Some of these are studies of statues I saw in a museum last month - continuing in the same vein as the statue paintings I made in January. The other ones are just random doodles. I discovered a really cute frog called the lemur leaf frog and had to draw that! I always enjoy sessions like these because they’re all about ju...

EARLY ACCESS // goats

It is my dream to one day own a goat. They seem like the most amazing animals to have in your life. For now, I will make do with just drawing them! Hope you like these ~

TUTORIAL // colors: common mistakes - subtitled

The subtitles came in way faster than expected!! Here's the subtitled version of my tutorial on common mistakes when choosing colors. Be sure to read the description of the first video post for more information about the tutorial, as well as a cheat sheet that summarizes a lot of the info from the video. Hope you enjoy it ❤

TUTORIAL // colors: common mistakes

Apologies for the long wait, lovely and patient patrons! Here is this month's tutorial ~ it's on common mistakes when choosing colors! In it, I talk you through some principles and techniques and then do some paint-overs of your submitted art to demonstrate them. Thank you so much to everyone who sent in their art, and a big, big thanks to Olli, Leeloo Wolf, Antonia, Juliana, Léa and Noodles for letting me paint over your artwork for this tutorial! 

As always, her...

QUESTION // do you struggle with colors?

Hey patrons! Last year, I did a few tutorials which involved doing paint-overs of some of your art - first on faces, then on poses. This month, I'd love to do a similar type of tutorial on colors. I got a question about this in last month's Q&A session and it made me think: I do believe that doing some adjustments and paint-overs could be really helpful when it comes to giving tips on how to make colors work together!

Do you struggle with colors, and are you willing submit your art ...

UPDATE // tutorial is coming a bit later

Hey, lovely patrons! This is just a little update to let you know that this month’s tutorial will be a little later than usual. I usually get started on the tutorial right at the beginning of the month and post it in the first week, but this week is very hectic for me. My sweet grandmother passed away last week and so we have her funeral and many family gatherings happening in the coming days. I’m also launching my new webshop and...

UPDATE // first product Loish.Shop!

You might have seen my posts about my new shop, Loish.Shop! It’s time for me to share more information about the first product I’ll be launching there ~ This is the Gallery In A Box! It contains 64 art cards inside a pretty little drawer box with a ribbon pull. Each card has artwork on the front and the sketch on the back. Every little detail, from the design of the box to the roundness of the corners, were tweak...

MONTHLY CHALLENGE // drawing hair

This month we are going to make some hair studies together. The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying shapes, as well as the ways that different types of hair texture catch light! Use the images in the reference folder to create some in-depth studies of hair and to learn about its unique properties. 

Visit this link to f...

UPDATE // first month of 2024 is done!

How is 2024 treating all of you so far? I'm really enjoying getting into the flow of painting again, and I'm excited to create more! Here's a little overview of how this month went for me: 

SHOP LAUNCH

I’ve been working on my web shop for a really long time, and next month I am finally going to launch it! As patrons, you get the first look at any product that I release, so keep an eye on the feed here if you want to know more about what’s coming up - or s...

RESOURCE // muscle studies

Here's a little resource video about this month’s challenge! In this video, I do a quick review of the artwork posted in the discord, walk you through my process for creating the artwork for this challenge, and discuss common mistakes and tips for tackling studies like these in the future!

I hope you find it helpful ❤ And thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge! If you haven't posted yours yet, head on over to the monthly-challenges channel in the discord server and...

PROCESS VIDEO // muscle studies

Here’s the full process video my muscle studies which I made for this month's challenge! 

Some info about this process:

• It’s been sped up by 250%, so 2.5 times the original speed.
• These sketches took me two and a half hours to make.

I also made a resource video about my process for creating these studies, which will be uploaded in a few minutes. Be sure to check that out if you want some commentary and additional info on these process videos, as...

EARLY ACCESS // muscle studies

This month’s challenge for flame members was on studying muscles! We brushed up on our anatomy skills by focusing on muscle structure and capturing the volumes of the human body. Even though I set out to draw super strong and sturdy people, my drawings always end up so... flowy. I guess that’s a part of my style I can’t shake no matter what!

Flame members also get the full process video, plus a resource that talks you through my process and explains my creative choices in making t...

Q&A // January 2024

Here is the recording of this month’s Q&A session! It might be the longest one I've done: 2 and a half hours! It's because I went off topic so many times ~ so sorry about that! 😂 It certainly was fun though! 

Some of the topics covered in this session are:

• Creating harmony in a color scheme with bright colors (short demo)
• My schedule / routine and tips against shrimp posture 
• Whether breaks from art cause you to 'forget how to draw' ...
  2024-01-28 07:56:40 +0000 UTC View Post

REMINDER // Q&A session tomorrow!

Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the Q&A session is taking place tomorrow January 27 at 5PM CET. Check out this time zone converter to see what time that is in your area!

Hope to see some of you there! It will take place in the discord server (2024-01-26 17:18:56 +0000 UTC View Post

UPDATE // an announcement!

Hello lovely patrons and free members! I have an exciting announcement: I'm launching my very own web shop for the first time in my career ~ It's called Loish.Shop and I'm going to release the first product next month! I've actually been working on it for a long time (I might have brought it up in a few Q&A sessions) and...

PROCESS VIDEO // blobs

Here is the second process video! This one is for my ‘blobs’ painting. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to record the full process of this one due to a computer crash, but most of the process is there - hopefully you’ll still find it helpful!

Some things to keep in mind while watching this video:

• The process has been sped up by 300% - so three times the original speed.
• Thi...
  2024-01-26 10:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post

PROCESS VIDEO // statue studies

Time for some process videos! Today I’ll be posting two: one for my statue studies, and one for the painting that I made right after that - "blobs"! I feel like they are very connected in terms of their process and subject matter so I wanted to post them alongside one another! This is the first of the two (the...

EARLY ACCESS // blobs

After my statue studies from last week, I got in the flow of drawing in this sculptural, blobby way and wanted to do more with that. I decided to revisit an older digital painting concept I had lying around, and render it to a finalized piece! 

This is one of those paintings that I created purely beca...

EARLY ACCESS // statue studies

I went to the fine art museum in Antwerp last weekend with some friends, and was really struck by the beauty of the marble statues. There’s something about the way they have such a defined and sharp silhouette, but also soft and gentle features. So I decided to to some studies based on the statues they have there - these were drawn at home from photo reference. There’s something so freeing about drawing a face purely based on the volumes and not on the colors!

Also, my arm is doing ...

UPDATE // January Q&A session

Hello flame friends! The first Q&A session of the year will take place on January 27 at 5PM CET. Check out this time zone converter to see what time that is in your area! 

As always, I'll be answering questions from the ⁠#ask-loish channel and streaming the session directly into the discord server (2024-01-15 12:23:25 +0000 UTC View Post

EARLY ACCESS // zoo sketches

I started off the year by jumping out of my comfort zone! I met up with a group of fellow artists and we went to the zoo to draw the animals from life. Every time I do this, it’s an extremely frustrating experience because it’s so hard to capture animals to begin with, but even harder when they are constantly moving! Despite the frustration, I always think this is a worthwhile exercise because it challenges me to explore new shapes and find creative ways to capture what I see. I also foun...

TUTORIAL // imposter syndrome - subtitled

Here's my tutorial on imposter syndrome, this time with subtitles baked in! Apologies for being late with this - normally patreon auto-generates subtitles and I figured those would work well for this video, but I was surprised to see that there weren't any when I was done uploading! So I'm uploading it separately as I usually do. 

Be sure to read the description of the first video post for more ...

TUTORIAL // imposter syndrome

It's the first tutorial of 2024! This one is actually more like a lecture or video essay. I wanted to do a deeper dive into the topic of imposter syndrome after getting questions about it in last month's Q&A session! So here's my take on this phenomenon, including some lessons on how to deal with it, skills you can work on to move past it, and a lot of opinions on the nature of anxiety and life in general! I hope you like it ❤

Here's the cheat sheet, which you can also find at th...

MONTHLY CHALLENGE // muscle studies

It's a new year! Time to brush up on our skills and set some new artistic goals for the year. This month's challenge will be focused on studying anatomy ~ more specifically: drawing muscles! This is a great way to practice our pose and gesture skills, as well as shapes and anatomical accuracy. Try to really focus on the muscle structures when doing these studies! 💪 

Visit 2024-01-01 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

UPDATE // goodbye, 2023!

Happy (almost) new year's, everyone! We're just a few hours away from 2024. I'm definitely ready to move on to a new year and a clean slate! Here's a little review of how this month has gone for me:

SECRET SANTA

The secret santa event in the discord server was a huge success! It was so amazing to see everyone post their artwork. And literally every single participant delivered, which was 116 of you! What can I say? It's further proof that my patrons are the most w...