Km 200

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Km 200

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

A small drawing to celebrate the 200 followers on Instagram. I know it's not much but it makes me super happy.

I started the account from zero, with only about five friends / family followers. The rest of them I came to know day by day, little by little over these 3 years. My Instagram account is for me a familiar place where I share and interact with the same people that I follow and follow me. And of course it is a great gallery in which to discover new artists, who hopefully will end up being part of my little circle, whom I value and pamper more every day.

Screenshot taken a year ago, during lockdown, when I used to draw the mantras ...

I like to follow great artists but I think that from the little ones you also learn a lot and also, it is more likely that there is a closer relationship and that is what I enjoy the most.

For many more kilometers together! 💖

Beach-Body Plan

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Beach-Body Plan

When I drew the OWLS, I said that I would not do more of the "3D" series but the truth is that I love the vibes of these drawings and I love making them.

However, on this occasion, a series of causalities played a trick on me in the end:

- First of all, the red lead was not the same one I had used until now because I run out of it and I have not found the same again. In fact, this new lead is not red but pink - something that did not make me happy at all.

- Second, it was not 0.5 but 0.7 - something that did not worry me too much and

- Third, it wasn't Pentel either but Pilot - something I thought was good at first.

I started the drawing with the great fear that it would look very pink and luckily, I was quite satisfied with the final tonality. Also, the lead was smooth and covered quite well. However, and here comes the definitive causality, the fixing spray was not the Talens one that I have used to date but a new one from Conté à Paris. OMG! Immediately the pink part became phosphorite, thus turning my hippo into a radioactive being that stood out above the rest.

The blue lead was the same as in previous drawings

Given what happened, I did not hesitate to search Amazon for an alternative for my next drawing and I chose some 0.5 Staedtler leads that I bought in red, green and blue.

Fingers crossed.

Super Cow, going up & down!

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Super Cow, going up & down!

Friday, April 2, 2021

I still have doubts if I should have added a few drops of milk shooting out of the udders, but this is how I presented the final project of my course with fineliners.

A German gentleman has asked me what do I mean, what do I want to express with the drawing (hello German gentleman). For me it has several readings but I drew it following the thread of "chase your dreams", like the flying pig ...

However, I want to clarify that the full name of the course is: Surrealistic illustration with Fineliners. That is, most of the drawings do not have any meaning, but what each one wants to. I think that with surrealism the important thing is the feeling that the image awakens in each one when we observe it.

A drum hedgehog popping a sachet of ketchup

This hedgehog is a clear example of surreal drawing. Both this drawing and the rabbit below respond to the following instructions: combine an animal with a musical instrument and imagine what they would do if they were in your house.

Fiddle bunny wants toothpaste / carrot

The course is over and I don't really know where to go now. Any suggestion?