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STEP BY STEP - How I draw hair (based on your references) - part 2: "Viking" woman’s hair 🪢

Hey guys!

Here’s a part 2 of the Step by step hair tutorial 🦎

At first I wanted to sketch only the hairstyle but of course it looked weird without a face 😂 I hope you’ll find it helpful.

Have fun 🍀

Gaby

PS: If the picture above has a bad resolut...

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STEP BY STEP - How I draw hair (based on your references) - part 1: BRAIDS 🥨

Hi my Potato Angels!

I hope you’re having a great week 🌸 I’m a bit nervous because of the business trip to Spain. I’m going on Sunday and there’s still so much to do! 🤯

Here’s a part 1 of the Step by step I made for you about drawing hair. Thank you fo...

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FACE EXPRESSIONS - Part 3 - Anger/ Screaming 😡

Hey guys! 

I hope you're having a great weekend! I so happy that you're practicing and sharing your drawings on Discord! Keep it up! 🥰

Here's a Part 3 of the guide on Face Expressions. This time we have Anger and Screaming. I hope you'll like it. Have fun! ...

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ART SUPPLIES: WRITING/ GUIDE/ STEP BY STEP - My first experiences with Holbein Acryla Gouaches and how I use them 🎨 (PDF)


Hi Everyone! 

Here's a writing/guide on Holbein Acryla Gouaches. In PDF below, you'll find:

🍓 Tips on using Holbein Acryla Gouaches and how they differ from other types of paints

🍓 How I use HAG and mix them with other media (3 way...

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An update on sales tax/VAT/GST - Canada, Thailand, Florida & Kansas

Hi everyone,

I wanted to give you a heads up about a small change to required tax on pledges. Patreon already adds sales tax/VAT/GST to pledges from patrons in most US states and several other countries — anywhere that’s required by law. They’re now required to start adding t...

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LIST OF CONTENT FOR JULY 🌻

Hi everyone!

Here’s a list of Content for this month ☀️

🧡

Gaby

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CONTENT POLL - for July 💌📚

Hi everyone! 

Here's a poll for July Patreon content.

We still have two topics from June (because I made much longer, pdf guide on 100 Heads Challenge). I'll put them to this poll so yo...

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WELCOME IN JULY! - Content ideas & suggestions 💌 + sneak peek of my last drawing 🧁

Hi Everyone! 🧡

I can’t believe that half of 2021 is behind us already 🤯 I hope you’re enjoying summer (or any other season you might have in your region 😅).

Welcome new Patrons! I’m happy you’re here 🥰 Come and join our 2021-07-02 08:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post

JUNE VIDEO - 2 pencil portraits (real time process) + Q&A 🍿📽

Hi guys! 

I made it finally! It is a real-time video process with two pencil portraits + Q&A 🥰

I explain a bit more of my process, talk about my ways of seeing references, my artistic journey, some of my favorite artists, quick sketching, perfectionism and motivation. My t...

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SNEAK PEEK - Colored pencil portrait sketch 🌺 + the reference

I always have much more energy when the storm is coming! ⛈ ☔️

Here’s today drawing that I didn’t plan 😅

🧡

Gaby

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SNEAK PEEK on a pencil portraits I did for this month’s Video (real time process + Q&A) 🍿✨

Hi guys!

Here are two portrait sketches I recorded for this month’s video. The profile portrait that looks like growing out of the frontal face is the warm up sketch 🌱😅 I often start warming up with profiles because I find them much easier to draw. I thought it could be a good occas...

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ART GUIDE - PDF:100 Heads Challenge - drawings, summary, thoughts and tips 🥑

Hi lovely Patrons! 

I have prepared for you a presentation summarizing the 100 heads challenge I did in 2019. I am planning to repeat it, so the conclusions will also be useful for me. This is not exactly what I planned (drawing different beauty types) but I hope that the tips I have p...

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SNEAK PEEK on my latest sketches + Q&A for this month’s video 🥥✨

Hi everyone!

I hope you don't mind that I jump from one topic to another, but that's how my artistic journey actually looks like 😅

🥸 Concept Art & my first ever CARICATURE SKETCHES:

Yesterday evening, on the Concept Art class, we learn...

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SNEAK PEEK + TIME LAPSE: Stylized portrait study (Procreate) 🍿

I love drawing on Monday Mornings! I feel so fresh and full of energy 🤩

I started to practice quick digital portraits because I wanna improve my skills and technique. They are all a bit different because I’m still searching for my style. (If I’m even able to have one 😅). I’ll tr...

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DRAWING GUIDE - Alternative ways of showing contour lines 🔲

Hello my lovely Potato Angels 🧡

I hope you’re having an awesome weekend ☀️ It’s very sunny in my city (over 30 degrees/ 90F)! It’s finally a summer after a cold spring 🍀

Here’s a new Art Guide for you - it’s about contour lines. As I always say - I don’t like dr...

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QUICK ART TIP on drawing realistic eyes 💡✨ 👁

Hi everyone! 🙌

Here’s a quick but useful ART TIP on drawing light in the eyes in a realistic way. Please remember that it’s not an anatomical drawing. It’s a very simplified geometry that shows how the light spreads in the eyes ✨

My Concept Art Teacher mentioned it recently...

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TIME LAPSE VIDEO - Animal studies 🐍 + reference photos

I have mixed feelings about these studies:

1. They seem a bit childish to me. Like something that Baby Gabs would like to draw 😅

2. I had big troubles with drawing various textures: fur and scales 🐟

3. I’m not experienced in drawing animals in color. No...

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JUNE SECRET SKETCHES + Stories Shoutouts 🐾

Hi everyone!

Here are the Secret Sketches for June. This time I had a great desire to draw animals you suggested (a red panda, snake, different types of fish, two cats sleeping together and a foxterrier). I made them as digital studies 🐍. (I will add a time lapse if you...

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JUNE 🌸 - SECRET SKETCHES SUGGESTIONS ✨ - Let me know what to draw ✍️

Hi guys!

Please let me know in the comments what type of quick secret sketches would you like to see this month 🥰 Any ideas are welcome!

🧡

Gaby

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FACE FEATURES (EYES PART 2) - GAZE DIRECTION 👁👄👁/ 2 pages

Hi guys!

I present an Art Guide about drawing eyes looking in a specific direction. I hope it will be helpful for you 🤩

Love,

Gaby 

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STEP BY STEP - "City lights" - digital portrait study

Hello my dear Potato Angels 🧡

Here’s a Step by step process of my yesterday’s study! 🥭 It’s a little bit different approach for me - usually I painted with many more layers and it often took many hours. I’d love to explore and practice this way because I’d be able to paint m...

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SNEAK A PEEK - Monday morning / digital portrait study 🥭

Hi everyone!

I hope you all feel rested and ready for a new week! 🌻

I have a lot of assignments for my Concept Art class but I wanted to start a day with a warm up study. I just made this one and now I’m really gonna have to do my homework 😅 But at least I’m warmed up and ha...

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Hello in June! 🌷 List of the content for this month

Hi guys!

Thank you for all the suggestions! 😊
Here’s a list of content for this month 🍍

Have an amazing June everyone! 🧡
Gaby 

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TIER UPDATES + June content POLL 🧁🥔

Hi guys!

I hope you're having a great week! 🌻 Today is a holiday in Poland so I had the impression that it was a weekend already 😅

Here are some updates and a poll about Art Gui...

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Join the "Doodle Traffic" Discord Server 👾

Hello dear Patrons! 🥳  

Today I set up a Discord server especially for us! 👾 It will be a place for quicker communication with me and other Patrons. We can sha...

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CONTENT SUGGESTIONS & some of my ideas for June 💌📬

Hello my Wonderful Patrons! 🧡

How did you like the May content?
It’s already the end of the month and I would like to THANK YOU ALL for your amazing support! 🥰 

In this post I would like to ask you about the preferable content on this page. I want it to be as u...

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TUTORIAL VIDEO - Portrait made with Colored Pencils - REAL TIME - Step-by-step process! 🍿🎬 + UPDATE: Names and codes of the crayons

Hi Everyone! 🧡

I did it! It's over 2 hours of material - REAL TIME - as you wished!

https://youtu.be/Gf9Yqv_P-ik

If you'll open the video in YouTube you can skip to particular parts (I made links in the desc...

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EARLY ACCESS: Colored pencil portrait (recorded for this month’s tutorial video) 🎬🍿✨

Hi everyone!

Today I recorded the process of this drawing for the May tutorial video. I need to edit it and record the voiceover in next few days 😁 I just finished drawing so I hope I’ll still like it tomorrow when I’ll see it with a pair of fresh eyes 😂

Now I’m starting ...

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ART GUIDE: Face anatomy - Main muscles 😮

Hello my dear Patrons! 🦦

Hope you're having a pleasant weekend 🌴

I present to you a short guide about facial muscles. I love that I can learn such things with you! Drawing facial muscles on my line art portrait was extremely interesting. (Of course, I didn't stu...

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WIP - Style experiment: "Art Deco lady" (+ a mood board) ✨🛎

I’m kinda lost because I realized "I have" so many styles and I don’t even know what direction I would like to go. It makes a little bit anxious.

I want to find my own aesthetic so I will just keep on testing what I like and then mix it into something mine. I won’t share everything on...

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