Embarking on this blog since 2014, I’ve curated a visual chronicle of my imaginative endeavors. Here, you’ll uncover my kaleidoscope of raw work each narrating a chapter of my artistic evolution as I hone my skills and grow as an artist.
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Todays SketchDaily theme on Reddit was “Lyrics interpretation”. For some reason this was the first song that came to my mind.
So I decided I might ask my kid, if he wanted to join in this challenge too. He agreed and we spend the entire afternoon and a good chunk of tonight painting to illustrate “Puff the Magic Dragon”.
We had so much fun tossing ideas at each other, helping each other with choosing colors and just working on something together 🙂
I rediscovered a concept. Years ago I saw a small notice about artists doing small cards to trade with each other. The cards were mostly traded at various events, but the point was, that the cards were traded for free. They are a way to share a bit of work with fellow artists.
I liked the idea so much, that I printed that note with the description and kept it for who knows how many years. But since I did not really have connections to trade with anyone I never tried making any cards.
A week back I saw the cards mentioned again in the artists corner of Reddit. At times they trade cards, and if I sign up for the next round I could join too, trading with people all over the world! So since the SketchDaily theme for Friday was “Free draw” I wanted to get this started.
My aunt had just sent me an awesome watercolor she had made of various autumn mushrooms and leaves. That inspired me so much that I went to my garden to find stuff to draw and then went for todays painting. Watercolored artists trading cards – theme: “Autumn apples”. I absolutely love how these turned out.
Larger resolution
“The Terrorist” (our playful cat) was very interested in helping me out.
Especially the elderberries he loved helping me with, tilt they were crushed all over the table in purple puddles. He looks so deceptively peaceful here, but those hazel leaves in the foreground were on his radar. They made a funny noise when he padded them down with a paw and chewed on them. It was the white rowan berries he ended up abducting off the table and down all over the floor. Stupid cat 😀
