Creative process
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From printed doodles to traditional painting
Sometimes, I like to play with digital creations. It’s nice, different, and sometimes easier when you have kids running around you! (I say sometimes, because most of the time, I feel that traditional drawing is much easier with my children as they want to come and draw too) So I decided to draw winter doodles to illustrate this cozy mood. Forest creatures mostly, as it’s our main place to be 🙂 Even if I like the final digital result, I want to have a traditional version of it. So here is what I did for this drawing. I printed one of the doodles that I did, and after that, I…
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Let’s paint with a minimalist watercolor palette
For several months, I’ve decided to work with a minimalist watercolor palette. When I first started painting, I had a wide range of different colors and was quite afraid to mix them. So, every time I wanted to try something new, I bought new colors. However, I felt the need to align my artistic practice with my way of life and how I perceive things in general. Simultaneously, I wanted to create coherence in the colors I used without restricting myself from exploring others. I initially had a Winsor & Newton box, but I recently switched to a smaller one that I found at a craft shop in Denmark called…
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For Valentine’s Day, don’t send a card, color it
I’ve started to draw a doodle page almost every day, and I love forcing myself to fill the page. I used to do a huge drawing or two on a page before and start again somewhere else. Forcing myself to fill the space makes me find other techniques and other ways to do it. Having a new Sketchbook was also a nice opportunity to start this new method. I drew a Heart doodle last week and enjoyed it. So I decided to redo it in a digital version. Valentine’s Day is a very special day for me. Not in the traditional way, but because this day is my daughter’s birthday.…
