Me and Mona , digital portrait, work in progress.

Today in the afternoon I started this portrait of me and Mona . I have tried a more painterly approach here, and I like how is coming.

Off to Napa for some sun and heat tomorrow and Saturday, cant' wait!
We have been having 13 C and grey gloomy days over here lately...kind of depressing!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Is it time to go out yet?

Starting my week 34 .... 5 or 6 weeks more to go according to.... how the baby is feeling :)
of course!

Daydreaming.

Still practicing with Photoshop. Doing line art, coloring and  experimenting with brushes...

Still plenty to work on :)

Have a great day! 

A shy sun is here today ... a nice change after the fog of the past few days.

Daydreaming.

Mommy fun time! during pregnancy. From your bump, with love!

9 months are long....and I imagine the baby gets pretty bored in there.
I think his way of having fun is trying to surprise mommy every day or almost, in a different way.
SOS he pressed "alla of the above" button!!
Better leaving the room ! :)

Underworld. Finished illustration.

Underworld.

Colored pencil, watercolor, ink and digital.

I posted every single step of this illustration in progress (see the links below) today you can see the finished piece a mix of traditional and digital technique.

last drawing step

first colored sketch

a poor experiment with Illustrator!

the very first draft

Drawing portrait at Vungle office, the Clockwork Ravens team.

 Last week I spent a full day (with my barking personal assistant Mona Lisa!!) at Vungle office drawing the Clockwork Raven team portrait.
Each of them was wearing some steam punk accessorie.
I sketched them down on the spot and finished them up once back home.

Here they are, with carbothello pastel on toned paper:

John

 Foo

 Sasha

 

 Linda

 Chrissy

 Nicholas

Dan

Mike

 Greg

 Michal

Mohammed

32 weeks.

Digital Illustration.

We are slowly getting there :)

Digital self portrait with charcoal.

How cravings work....during pregnancy.

Cravings during pregnancy.

digital illustration.

Moms-to-be ( and me included!) have been experiencing weird cravings for years, still no once can pin down a definitive reason why.

 I am on a "only-carbs-craving" roll lately, mainly pizza, or bread with cheese and tomato or pasta with parmesan and tomato! ... the Italian side of the baby is showing already!

Buon appetito a me :)

Disco Bladder!

I have been spending most of the day working on some pencil portraits, almost done!!!
Here is my fun time for the day!
A quick digital illustration of the favorite activity of my baby.
Kicking, jumping, pedaling....he is trying everything possible this day! No harmful falls though :) ...there is always a soft bladder underneath ... and is pee time for me :)

Me and Mona.

Digital drawing.

Me & Mona

Still playing around with brushes in Photoshop.... and having fun.
Is always nice to draw my super puppy! Love her so much .

2 months to go to my due date....OMG!!! time to get some real baby stuff :) off to Ikea this morning!

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Head drawing class, end of the spring semester :)

Last day of class today :)
happy me!
Cant wait to sleep in tomorrow morning, if the kicker inside me feels like it :)

We were free to draw the model as we wanted here are my two drawings:

Tonight, tonight.

Tonight, tonight.

Digital .

Ta-da!!! here is my last finished piece!

My last assignment for Concept and Illustration technique at the Academy.

I am so excited with the amount of stuff I have been learning these past few weeks regarding digital Art. 

It was a challenge! A big one :)  but I am so very happy to have chosen to follow this path! Thanks as always to my best friend and amazing husband for always pushing me and believing in me.

Last day of class today and then time to do all the drawings I didnt have time to do during this spring semester and time to get baby ready!! ( 2 months to go!!)

Happy Monday everyone, 13 C over here and cloudy...this is summer over here, unfortunately.

Detail.

Tonight, tonight.

Cute girl profile.

This cute girl is part of the illustration in progress...need to be done by tomorrow! I am working hard on it ! :)

I was planning to do some mother's day related drawing but not time for it today! :(

Happy mother's day to my mom! love you!!

Fish Submarine ( work in progress )

Hello!

Here is what I have been working on today...my last digital illustration in progress....time to draw the driver now :)

Fish submarine

digital illustration

work in progress

Happy Friday!

Hubby's portrait.

As last assignment for my head drawing class at the Academy we had to do the portrait of face with an expression and one hand....

This is the final work:

carbothello pencil on toned paper.

I always love drawing my husband :) this time we also had fun taking pictures.

Sunny and beautiful outside....it was about time!! We had a an every day grey week that felt as long as a month.

Gotta take the puppy for a walk now! Have a great day eeveryone!

Ballerina.

Experimenting with some new brushes with a lot of texture...is mainly pastel.

 In this crop you can spot the texture better :

A little bit of fun while I am drawing my husband portrait....there mistakes are NOT allowed :) but they are in my digital painting experiment :)
Hope you all had a nice Monday!
Happy mine is finished :)