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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 – 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:

Since I’ve been trying new things, I decided to try different shapes. I did this one with the help of a faber castell tortillian, using mars lumograph pencils.

Montains in the sky

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For this one, I was inspired by the beach I went day 5, the fireplace of my house, and some mountains I was thinking about. There’s some kind of cascade coming from the sky, some clouds, some elements on the mountains, plants, and a magical portal to another place. A rainbow comes from the portal to the cascade.

This one has no special meaning. It’s just random shapes and shadings, but I am really happy with it. My teacher said it was very interesting. I’m proud of myself.