drawings – Lua Eva Blue

Drawing on ripped paper – Source

This drawing is called “Source” and was based on the top part of magicians’ class staffs that I see in video games, the “source” of magic. To create it, I used both graphite pencils and powder on bristol paper.

I’ve moved, and school started, so I’m really happy I had the time to draw something I consider good again, and I tried to use new techniques!

But why is the paper ripped? Well, I was on my drawing class when our teacher asked us why we would only draw on standard paper sizes, like A4, and then, why we would not draw in circles, or something similar. So I decided I should do something like this, and instead of cutting the paper with a scissor, I ripped it by hand. I really like this effect, gives it a more natural look.

Graphite pencils from caran d’ ache and faber castell, graphite powder by sennelier on canson bristol paper. Ripped by hand.

Little abstract drawing – Night spirit

This one is called little. It’s a small drawing I did for my youtube art channel because I haven’t had much time to record.

I must say, considering how bad I usually am on creating something on smaller sheets of paper, I surprised myself!

My idea was to draw a “Night spirit”, a tiny creature facing the night sky, with a “watcher” on its back, with a moon figure, and leaf feathers.

I used both normal and soluble graphite, on fabriano bristol paper.

Whisperer

Whispering to a flower. This was a quick drawing I did to help me getting out of this art block I’ve been feeling. I haven’t had drawing ideas. Until this. A bird shadow above a mouth shaped leaf, pointing to a small flower. “Whispering”.

Initially, it was a normal A4 paper, but then I cropped it due to composition reasons. I also used a few soluble graphite.

Most used art supplies:

Faber castell graphite pencils and TK fine 0.7

Canson bristol paper

Graphite pencil drawing – Awake

Here is a question. Do you ever have a weird art idea which you can’t explain properly, because there is no explanation? You know, I was sketching last week and I thought of doing a strange eye, separated from the bottom eyelashes, with a feline inspired iris inside a round one, and a really small pupil inside it, and I was so fascinated with this weird sketch that this week I decided to do a proper drawing with it, with the upper eyelashes connected to the lines of the leaves, that are also different, and the eye between two of those, a big and a small. I don’t know why either but I drew something which is supposed to be an insect, looking at everything.

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Graphite pencils (Castell 9000 and grafwood) and sennelier graphite powder on canson bristol paper. Fixative from winsow & Newton.

Time: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abstract pencil drawing – Shades eater

This is another bug inspired drawing, called Shades eater because of the black and white shapes on its “belly”. I gave it a large white eye to contrast it with a really dark antennae, large wings, and thin legs (these went terrible).

It’s also the first drawing where I used graphite powder. Mine, is from sennelier, and I used it do do the background.

There are some changes on my signature too. Now, I sign my works on one of the four corners with my first and last name (Lua Martins) and I sign my username (Milyusia) where I think it looks better.

Drawing inspiration – bugs

I’ve always liked bugs. I don’t know much about them but I find them to be interesting for their “design”, specially now that I am starting to add “living creatures” to my drawings.

For example, Tera:

(normal & water soluble graphite on canson bristol paper)

She is the creature that takes care of the earth on my drawings’ world.

Her body was based on ants, her wings on damselflies, and her tail on spiders, so nothing specific…yet!

I am already sketching other weird bugs to use them as an inspiration. Just google eucharitid wasps. They are like wasps with antlers! Kind of. And very scary too.

Here is a sneak peek on my next drawing made with water soluble graphite:

It’s still a work in progress, but I can say these wings were based on butterflie’s eyespot.

Abstract face

254,0,9920,392,1106,90,1006,67,38,172,20340,0,1762,1024,1562 — I’m surprised on how well it turned out. I didn’t any inspiration at the moment I was drawing, but there is something about this picture that I love.

Speed drawing: (Captioned)

Abstract pencil drawing – Dandelions

After 12 hours and 16 minutes, I finished this A4 sized drawing called Dandelions.

First, I shaped then, and then I starting adding the shades. The bigger dandelion is pointing at the sky, while another one’s shapes are already separating because of the wind. That one was supposed to belong to the stalk on the right of the small dandelion. There’s one on the left who’s looking for the smaller. On the background, you can see the night sky, the shadow of a tree, and shapes resembling a cloud.

Speed drawing: