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?

What Do You See?

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What Do You See?

Sunday, March 28, 2021

This drawing answers the challenge: Design a spy suit for a fish. I think my ambition got the better of me by opting for the complexity of a chameleon. I admit it, I like to start the house with the roof ... Still, not bad, right?

The course that Redmer Hoekstra teaches at Domestika begins by inviting you to draw snails, lots of snails! but what characterizes Redmer is his taste for combining animals with objects, fruits or whatever! And that's why, after the snails, he begins to propose challenges: to combine an animal with what she eats, to combine an animal with a musical instrument ...

Banana gorila, Gecko grasshopper y Penguin fish

These three little monsters above correspond to the challenge: match three animals with what they eat. The gorilla looks very funny to me because of how absurd it is. Actually, they are miniatures that do not exceed 10 centimeters each and they have been a great challenge for me.

What is your favorite?

Which is your Favourite Place?

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Which is your Favourite Place?

Today I am enjoying one of my favorite places on Earth and as if this were not enough, I am doing it in the best possible company as I do one of the things I like to do the most ...

And you? What would that perfect plan be for you?

Believe

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Believe

I have started a new adventure. I'm going to confess it here and now, I'm going to announce publicly my great love:

I love ink. I have always loved it and will always do.

I am not bored with pastels but my great aspiration is to draw with ink. I recently discovered that one of the artists that I admire the most, Redmer Hoeskstra, teaches an ink course, so I will not be drawing with colors for a while 😅

I have done this tremendous botch before the course.

I have already started the course and I love it. The results are terrible but I'm really enjoying it, that's what it's all about. Soon I will upload some of the challenges that the teacher proposes ...

What Are You Looking At?!

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What Are You Looking At?!

This would be the last drawing in the "3d" series. I like pigs ... :)