Maira Martins

self-taught in everything

The Lighthouse

lighthouse sketch in ink and watercolor

And to think a week ago I could only draw stick figures! Of course, I'm using reference photos and following step by step instructions, but still! πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈπŸ€©

Amalfi Coast

loose sketch of Italian coast in ink and watercolor

Worked on lesson 6 of SketchLoose free beginner's course last night. And used a blow dryer for the 1st time to accelerate the process! πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ

A house in Japan

urban sketch in ink and watercolor

I am super loving this artistic side of me! πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ This is day five in Toby's free beginner course, "A House in Japan".

I guess I am an artist now.

My Escoda VersΓ‘til watercolor brushes have arrived!! I got the round brushes in sizes 10, 6 and 2 to get started :) Looking forward to painting EVERYTHING I see!!! πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ

Today on Draw With Me

my drawing of the Ghosts of Christmas

Today on Draw With Me, Charles Dickens' Ghosts of Christmas Past! Happy Holidays! πŸŽ„πŸŽ‰πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ

My first watercolor!

my first watercolor painting

My first watercolor! I love how my sketch turned out, but the paint part was hard. That sky looks terrible, LOL! I kept practicing with other reference photos and eventually figured out what I was doing wrong (a mix of bad brushes and too little water). 🎨

Draw with Me, Gifts

A colorful page features various sketches including a fish, jar of mayonnaise, Bob Ross, socks, Spam, festive items, and text about a white elephant gift exchange.

Today I joined a live Draw with Me with Danny Gregory on youtube, for the first time. The hour went by really fast, I had so much fun! Did my artwork with ink and crayola markers πŸ˜€πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ #SBSDrawWithMe

Open raw files from any phone on DxO Photolab

It it possible to use DxO Photolab to edit raw files produced by ANY camera that is not on their supported list, even from mobile phones such as Samsung and Xiaomi.

photography, dxo photolab

Mulan

A color-by-numbers page depicts a drawing of Mulan, partially colored with pencils scattered around.

Moving on from this. Colored pencils are beautiful, but slow! I think my next one will be a base of water markers with the pencils on top. πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ

my first sketch

First day doing the free course over at Sketch Loose and my first urban sketch ever! Learned to simplify shapes and draw from a reference image πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈπŸ˜ Can't wait to learn about watercolors!