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SECRET SKETCH - Quick digital sketch with colour

UPDATE - Physical rewards for June are ready for journey to my Patrons! :)

EARLY ACCESS - Girl with star earrings - /Procreate drawing/

Welcome in July! 😊

Here’s a quick drawing I made today after going back from work. I feel very inspired so maybe I’ll draw even more - the day isn’t over! 😄

Sketch was made in Procreate app with these 3 brushes:

• ‘Eaglehawk’ - for first 2 layers and searching of proportions

• ‘Dry ink’ - for some strong, black lines

• ‘Procreate pencil’ - for hatc...

DIGITAL PAINTING TUTORIAL - based on my new artwork

In this tutorial you can find: list of brushes (for painting and blending), explanation about easy way to paint light spots, tips about reference photos and whole step by step process of my artwork.

(This is not the only proper way of digital painting - this is how I do it ☺️)

STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL - How to take & edit photos of your sketches

WORK AS A DESIGNER - running collection for women (AW18)

I got a suggestion from my Patron that I can show you my work as a sport apparel designer. I think it’s a great idea because it’s a huge part of my creative work.

This is running collection for women from AW18 season designed for the biggest Polish sport brand - 4F. 

If you’ll be interested I can show you more of my work (ski jackets, yoga wear, training apparel and many more) 😊 I have also some concept sketches to show you.

Let me know what you think!

STEP BY STEP: "Breathe", digital sketch

PATREON UPDATE: Physical rewards

Hi everyone!

I decided to celebrate my first wonderful month on Patreon so I created two packs of physical rewards for June! 

Remember that these tiers are limited (only 15 of each).

Shipping is included. ✉️ 

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LEVEL 3 ($9):

• “Ocean eyes” mirror sticker of my design 

• “Shades of emotions” - reprint of my sketches 

• Whole Patreon content (step-by-steps, tutorials, secret a...

EARLY ACCESS - “how to hold chopsticks” sketchbook page

SECRET SKETCH - floral lady, pencil drawing

ART TIPS - My 1st serious experiences with watercolors

Here are some stuff that I’ve learned so far about watercolors. (Before I was painting with them in childhood and I didn’t know any rules).

You can see reference photos I used to make some simple sketches, few useful techniques and list of my art supplies 😊

EARLY ACCESS - new tier icons/ field flowers

As you can see I’ve changed names of the tiers to levels (there will be 4 because from June 1st I’m adding physical rewards!). 

I decided to make icons with my favorite field flowers 🌸 . They are painted in Procreate with the same rules as the rock studies from last post 🤗

STEP BY STEP - environment elements in Procreate

I’ve been practicing a lot of very quick environment studies lately. I want to be able to draw whole sceneries for my stories in the future. I‘m trying to catch the impression of each object, not the realistic side of a picture.

First I started with whole landscapes but I found it too difficult. Then I saw rock studies of Lois van Baarle (Loish) and some 2020-05-30 11:41:45 +0000 UTC View Post

SECRET SKETCH - Face study, pencil on paper

I don’t usually draw frontal view portraits - I think they’re less interesting to look at. Also they remind me criminal records 😂 This was a sketch made just for practice. Symmetry was especially tricky because the face on reference photo wasn’t perfectly symmetrical 🤷‍♀️ Paper is with delicate structure so not my favorite but any paper is good enough for practice 😉

STEP BY STEP - Pencil portrait of Natalia Vodianova

I found piece of bristol paper and realized I missed it a lot. This smooth surface is great for precise crosshatching with mechanical pencil. I forgot about it because my current sketchbook is mixed media so it’s better for shading. 

I took pictures of the whole process so you can see it step by ste.

I added also a tip about 70/30 rule that I use a lot in my art.

Thank you for being here! 😊

TUTORIAL - How to practice and improve at figure drawing

Next tutorial, especially for you guys 😊🧡

STEP BY STEP - Crosshatching tutorial (+ picture to practice on)

Here’s the explanation of crosshatching based on my way of drawing. Attached you’ll find also line art drawing on which you can practice your hatching (or shading, or coloring if you prefer 😊). Let me know if it’s helpful and if you would like me to add more posts like this one.

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Sales tax update

Hello Patrons,

I want to give you an update on some changes that we’ll be seeing which may affect some of your pledges.

Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st.

Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, and for most, the amount will be very small. For example, sales tax rates in the US range from 4% to 11%, so on a $5 pledge, t...