Day #42 - Redraw of day #5.

Hey all, I am so very very very very very sorry about the lack of new posts this week (and last!). This week hasn't been the best and I've been trying to figure out a better time to upload my artworks since doing it late at nights isn't really working. For the majority of the drawings, I was able to draw them for the day but because I am an distraught mess, the tasks to upload them kept piling up. I can't say it'll happen cause you know me. But I will try to be more organized with this. As I stated in the last post, this week (or rather last week) was redraw week to see how my art skills have developed. Today was a redraw of day #5. It's safe to say I've improved a bit when it comes to using blue fineliner I think, but more patience is needed for sure. Hope everyone is good, happy and healthy. Sorry again for the long wait but at least you have loads to see!

Miriam xxx

Day #29 - Moisturize those lips!

What's up, guys and gals. I am really sorry for not uploading every day, I'm kinda of getting sidetracked and distracted at the moment with too many things, so your patience is much appreciated. Following on from drawing no. 27, it inspired me a lot to do this drawing. I'm really loving the combination of using tonal pencil and oil paints and I feel like I've discovered my visual style (is it too soon to say that?) but I definitely wanna experiment more to refine the drawings I'm doing. The media used for this drawing was Progresso tonal pencils and Daler rowney graduate oil paints. I'll post the rest of my drawings asap and don't forget moisturize them lips! Winter is coming! Til next time ^_^ 

Miriam xxx 

Day #27 - Say how you feel

The drawing above is something that I just had to get out of my system and is something that happened to me this Tuesday just gone. I won't delve much further into it, but I will say this: If there is someone that you like or love - tell them. (Maybe not right this second if you've only realised your feelings for them or if you're just getting to know them properly) I know that's the most clichéd piece of advice ever but it is what it is. One of the most riskiest and beautiful things in life is love and to everyone who reads this: you deserve to find love and to be loved in return. You may never know what might happen. Don't just think of what might not go right. I have a habit of doing that too which has stopped as of Tuesday. Take that risk. 

Go for it. 

As for the drawing, this is definitely one of my favourites so far and I'll be using tonal pencil and oil paints a lot more. This felt so good to draw because of how I was feeling at that current point in time and I just couldn't ignore, I had to draw out my feelings in some way. I know that sounds very mushy, my bad. Good luck to all who are deciding to take the plunge. Til next time!

Miriam xxx

Day #24 - Lips

LIPS! Lips, lips, lips, lips, lips, lips, lips, lips, lips, lips, lips. I dunno why I wrote all that. Must be going nuts.  Anyhow, Sunday I drew my own lips. Vain I know. But it felt so good, to be using oil paints again and getting high off of white spirit. Just kidding. Nonetheless, I was happy to use them again and with my outcome too. It gave me that vibe, that maybe I could do illustrations down the line someday. The oil paints that I used were Daler- Rownney Graduate Oil paints. I have enjoyed using them so far but I don't like how they dry out quickly, so I'll be going back to Winsor & Newton. But both of them are very good brands, so if you're looking for watercolours, acrylics etc. look no further than these two, you'll get your money's worth. Til next time!

Miriam xxx