Maira Martins

Tag: sketchbook

The more time I spend with my sketchbook

The more time I spend with my sketchbook, the less I want to be online. It's all so boring, blogging, reddit, youtube, all of it. I want to be all the time in the real analog world, with paper and pen...

sketchbook, journaling

A week ago I could only draw stick figures

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€©

sketchbook, watercolor

Lesson 6 of SketchLoose free beginner course

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

sketchbook, watercolor

Loving this artistic side of me

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.

sketchbook, watercolor

Today on Draw With Me

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

sketchbook

My first watercolor!

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 doi...

sketchbook, watercolor

Draw with Me, Gifts

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

sketchbook

My first urban 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!

sketchbook

Just discovered the concept of loose lines

I have just discovered the concept of loose lines sketch and look at this! I have filled a page with vegetables, pens, a water bottle and two plant pots! I CAN DRAW! Stick figures, no more! πŸ–ŒοΈ

sketchbook

Week 7: Sketching artist

I will start my week with an honorable mention: I forgot to write last week about our raclette night! It's still a bit too warm for raclette, but it was so nice to sit outside in the garden and watch...

weeknotes, sketchbook