When it comes to blending a pencil, the possibilities are endless. I will give you a few hints about what has worked for me but I encourage you to explore what will be natural and pleasant for you. Everyone will gravitate towards different directions in art. You don't need to master in every way of blending or hatching to be good at art. However, it is worth trying many approaches and mix them, to find what will be good for you.
2021-11-12 17:29:18 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Here are some more photos of yesterday’s studies. It’s always better to take photos of pencil sketches in daylight ☀️😊
Have a lovely weekend 🧡
Gaby
2021-11-12 10:28:55 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
I hope you’re all doing well 🧡
Sorry for my absence here but I am applying for subsidies to start my own business (now I work by signing individual contracts all the time) and I was consumed by a lot of paperwork. I'm hopeless when it comes to documents and government offices. It was all very time consuming and stressful for me. Fortunately, I made it on time and now I am waiting for the application to be processed. Wish me luck 🍀
Today I am fin...
2021-11-11 19:08:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
Thank you so much for voting in the poll. You picked so many ideas and some of them had very similar ammount of votes so I decided to create a plan for November and December at once 😁 Of course other ideas will be kept for next months as well 😉
I hope you'll enjoy it! 🧡
Hugs 🤗 Gaby
2021-11-05 15:16:09 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Here’s the new drawing of Kang Sae-byeok from "Squid Game" made it in Procreate. I find her face and expressions very beautiful but also difficult to capture.
You'll find a quick Time Lapse attached at the end of this post.
I’m sharing also the outline drawing I made before shading the picture. You can use it as an exercise page to practice shading, hatching or as a coloring page 🧡 Have fun 🍭
Hugs ...
2021-11-04 11:33:35 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Thank you so much for all the suggestions and awesome ideas, it's super helpful! 🧡
Please now vote for this month's topics 😉
I would like to know which of them are most important to you, but maybe I will combine some topics if it's gonna be possible (for example if you pick colour theory plus nature studies). Maybe I'll make some in the form of guides and as videos in the following months. Let's see! 😁
2021-11-03 18:43:20 +0000 UTC
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Hello my Dear Patrons!
THANK YOU ALL for your amazing support! 🥰
I was thinking about preparing the poll for November Content all day, but after all I decided to create this open post. There's a lot of new Patrons here and I wouldn't like to miss any of your ideas. There's still time to make the poll tomorrow 😁
Please let me know about the content that you’d like to see here. It can be anything you have in mind! 💡
PS. ...
2021-11-02 18:56:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! ✨🧡
I hope you enjoy the end of the spooky October 🎃👻🕷
Thank you all so much for your support this month! Those, who support me for a long time, new patrons and those who will decide to leave - I appreciate you all a lot 🧡 Thanks to you, I can create and develop much more!
Here are illustrations for the new book by Magdalena Komsta from https://ww...
2021-10-31 18:24:17 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone!
I finally managed to finish this month's Tutorial Video! 🥳
First I'm talking a little bit about Hatching and Cross Hatching theory. Later I'm showing my way of hatching and few "clean" techniques. Later I'm showing how to do the hatching of the planes of the face. At the end I'm expermenting a bit with ink portait drawing 🐙
2021-10-29 15:24:47 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone!
I hope you're having a good week 🥰 I'm sprinting to finish all my tasks for this month. Including the Patreon content 😁
One of the most frequently asked questions about portraits is "How do I get the likeness?". Here are some tips based on my experience:
1. FOCUS ON THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES
Instead of focusing on everything, try to find the most important elements specific to a given face. These can be large...
2021-10-28 06:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone!
Here's the new Sketchbook Tour video. This is the most diverse of my sketchbooks. I hope you'll enjoy it! 🥰
PS. I'm editing the video on hatching now 🤫
Hugs 🧡 Gaby
2021-10-27 13:21:58 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys!
Here’s one more sketch based on the references picked by you. This time from Liv Jo 🧡
It’s just an experiment and I’m not sure if I’ll continue this style but it was fun to practice and learn how these media mix with each other 😁🍭
Here’s the process:
1. REFERENCE + HB PENCIL SKETCH
I used Talens Art Creation sketchbook (finally started new one). I rarely draw animals so I picked pencil for a start. Th...
2021-10-22 13:57:31 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Here’s the Step by step process of sketches based on references picked by you. This time I chose 3 photos with male portraits sent by Yoana, Yve (Paintedshards) and Tash 🧡
If you wanna suggest references you can always do it in this thread on Discord 👾
1. REFERENCES + PAGE PLAN
To be sure that sketches will fit one page of my sketchbo...
2021-10-21 19:39:19 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone! 🧡
As I promised - I’m sharing with you Step By Step of my first oil painting study 🙌
I tried painting with oils few times when I was a teenager but only for some still life studies. The only thing I remembered was that it’s very pleasant but messy and that the turpentine smell is too strong to use it at home. Some time ago I watched IGTV with Szymon Chwalisz on Paper Concepts Instagram. He’s a painter (working with oil and acrylics) and showed there that o...
2021-10-19 15:23:50 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! 🍊
How are you? I’m feeling kinda blocked recently so I’m less active on social media and I have a weird fear when I think about starting new sketchbook. Dunno why, it never happened to me before 😅 But I rested a bit for the last few days and today I feel better.
So I tried something new! 😁
It’s my first oil painting portrait study. I’m not sure what I’m doing but I’m having a lot of fun 🧪🤩 I’ll check and finish it tomorrow to share t...
2021-10-18 17:15:19 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone!
Sorry for the longer absence but I had a lot of work and felt a bit burned out recently. I'm back with the tutorial on drawing ears!
Here's the Step By Step based on of one of the ears.
1. REFERENCE PHOTOS
At first, the ears always look like a strange tangle. It is worth seeing them from several positions to understand them better. I'm gonna show the first example from the left:
2021-10-14 15:27:30 +0000 UTC
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Hi my wonderful Patrons!
We're starting this month's content with a Step By Step of my sketches inspired by the amazing "Squid game". If you haven't watched this series yet, I highly recommend it! I liked everything there - the idea, script, dialogues, brilliant casting, background of the characters, simplicity of the story, scenography and the darkness illuminated with hope. It was fascinating and I hope to see more 🦑
For now I wasn't ready to say goodby...
2021-10-07 09:42:07 +0000 UTC
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Hi 👋
Here’s the list of content for this month.
We're gonna focus more on Step By Steps and Videos now, but I decided to add also guide on capturing likeness in portrait art because I often get questions about it. Also I'm gonna share tips on drawing ears because they're are always skipped, and yet quite important if you want to draw portraits 👂
Can't wait! I hope you'l enjoy the content 🤗
Hugs 🧡 Gaby
2021-10-06 20:33:46 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone! 🧡
Thank you so much for the comments under last post. Your feedback is very importrant to me and helps a lot with creating valuable content! 🥨
Please vote for this month's Video Tutorial:
2021-10-04 18:36:58 +0000 UTC
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Hello my Dear Patrons! 🎃
It’s October already 🙀 THANK YOU ALL for your amazing support! 🥰
Last months content was a bit different than before. I created more sketches and step by steps. We had two videos instead of one but less art guides. Let me know what you think about it! ✍🏼
Also let me know about the content that you’d like to see. It can be anything you have in mind!💡
PS. You can always se...
2021-10-03 12:16:36 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys! 🧡
Here's the Step By Step of the Digital Painting I did this month. I have the impression that every time I paint digitally, I do it in a different way because there are so many of them! This picture is painted without an initial sketch, which was extremely difficult for me.
Here is the Step By Step.
1. REFERENCE PHOTO
I chose this photo because of the beautiful forms of light and high contrast. You can find almost complete...
2021-09-30 21:23:02 +0000 UTC
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WHERE DO YOU FIND INSPIRATION?
It is always difficult for me to answer this question. I find them everywhere, every day, but I don't think finding is the problem here. It is more difficult to notice, appreciate, understand and know how to use your inspirations. I'm still working on it myself. Every day I am bombarded with countless inspirations - in the movies, social media, nature, music, and even in my own art. Filtering them is not easy...
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2021-09-29 13:34:33 +0000 UTC
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📅 LAST UPDATE: Jan 4, 2022
Hi everyone!
Today I’m gonna share your art on my Insta Stories. After that I’m closing this post and gonna share a new one at the end of each month to keep clarity ✨👌🏼
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Every month I share my Patrons art on Insta Stories as a big Thank You for their support! ✨ Here are the rules:
- Write a few words about yourself in th...
2021-09-27 10:39:54 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys! 👾
Here's my first Sketchbook Tour video!
It's with my Sketchbook #3 from 2019 - the one with "100 heads challenge". I hope you'll find it inspiring 🤩
Have a lovely week! 🍓
Gaby
2021-09-26 20:13:54 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys! 🍀
Recently I decided to do something other than portraits so here are some nature studies. I didn't go outside to do them (unfortunately) but I was creating a bit from my imagination and a bit from references that you can see on my Pinterest.
Here are the materials I used:
1. 2021-09-21 13:22:00 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Here's the video with the new coloured pencils portrait! 🎬🍿 I did my best to explain the thinking process behind picking colours but of course, let me know if you have more questions. 🎨 Below you'll find references and the page with my notes ✍🏼
Have a lovely week! 🧡
Gaby
2021-09-20 10:07:38 +0000 UTC
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Hi!
I wanted to ask which of these sketchbooks should be presented in this month's bonus video 🤩
2021-09-19 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Hello my dear Potato Angels! 🥰
Here's the Step by Step with mixed media studies based on your references. Recently I just threw out all the markers and other rarely used supplies from the drawer to experiment. I just love sketchbooks and having fun like this 🥼
1. PENCIL SKETCHES
I started with pencil sketches because I didn't know what I would do next ✨ I just wanted a base for further exploration. I used Pentel Graphgear - mechanical pencil with 2B ...
2021-09-18 22:07:38 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys! 🌸
Here are some new sketches made with MANY media - some regular and some that I usually don’t use 😅 They we’re laying in my drawers and I thought I’ll do some experimental studies with them 🙌🏼
It was so fun to not plan anything and just create them spontaneously! ✨
3 last sketches are based on your references - I’ll share step by step soon 😉
Hugs 🧡 Gaby
2021-09-16 12:48:08 +0000 UTC
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Hi!
I hope you’re having a great week 😊
Here’s an experiment based on the reference from Yoana 🤗 You can send your references on Discord and I’m gonna use them in my monthly sketches with step by steps 👾
It’s not in any of my usual styles (or color palettes) but it was very interesting to test mixing media this way! 🎨 That’s what sketchbooks are for, right?
1. PENCIL SKETCH & GOUACHE BACKGROUND
At first...
2021-09-15 15:05:25 +0000 UTC
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