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ART GUIDE - Tips on blending in pencil art ⛅️

When it comes to blending a pencil, the possibilities are endless. I will give you a few hints about what has worked for me but I encourage you to explore what will be natural and pleasant for you. Everyone will gravitate towards different directions in art. View Post

DAVID BOWIE portrait studies - HQ photos


Hi everyone!

Here are some more photos of yesterday’s studies. It’s always better to take photos of pencil sketches in daylight ☀️😊

Have a lovely weekend 🧡

Gaby

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DAVID BOWIE portrait studies - Step by Step 👩🏻‍🎤✨

Hi everyone!

I hope you’re all doing well 🧡

Sorry for my absence here but I am applying for subsidies to start my own business (now I work by signing individual contracts all the time) and I was consumed by a lot of paperwork. I'm hopeless when it comes to documents and governmen...

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PLAN OF THE CONTENT for November 🍂 & December ❄️️

Hello everyone! 

Thank you so much for voting in the poll. You picked so many ideas and some of them had very similar ammount of votes so I decided to create a plan for November and December at once 😁 Of course other ideas will be kept for next months as well 😉 

I hope...

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EARLY ACCESS - Kang Sae-byeok "067” portrait drawing - Procreate 🍪

Hi everyone!

Here’s the new drawing of Kang Sae-byeok from "Squid Game" made it in Procreate. I find her face and expressions very beautiful but also difficult to capture.

You'll find a quick Time Lapse attached at the end of this post.
I’m sha...

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POLL - November Content 🍂

Hi everyone!

Thank you so much for all the suggestions and awesome ideas, it's super helpful! 🧡
Please now vote for this month's topics 😉 

I would like to know which of them are most important to you, but maybe I will combine some topics if it's ...

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CONTENT SUGGESTIONS for November 🍁🍂

Hello my Dear Patrons! 

THANK YOU ALL for your amazing support! 🥰

I was thinking about preparing the poll for November Content all day, but after all I decided to create this open post. There's a lot of new Patrons here and I wouldn't like to miss any of your ideas. Th...

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EARLY ACCESS - Book Illustrations 📖✨🍼👶👩‍🍼

Hello everyone! ✨🧡

I hope you enjoy the end of the spooky October 🎃👻🕷

Thank you all so much for your support this month! Those, who support me for a long time, new patrons and those who will decide to leave - I appreciate you all a lot 🧡 Thank...

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TUTORIAL VIDEO - Hatching & Cross Hatching in Portrait Art 🍎🍐 + Ink Experiments ✒️

Hi Everyone! 

I finally managed to finish this month's Tutorial Video! 🥳 

First I'm talking a little bit about Hatching and Cross Hatching theory. Later I'm showing my way of hatching and few "clean" techniques. Later I'm showing how to do the hatching of the planes of th...

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7 TIPS ON LIKENESS IN PORTRAIT ART ✨🤖

Hi Everyone! 

I hope you're having a good week 🥰 I'm sprinting to finish all my tasks for this month. Including the Patreon content 😁

One of the most frequently asked questions about portraits is "How do I get the likeness?". Here are some tips based on my experienc...

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VIDEO - Sketchbook Tour #6 🍿🎬

Hi Everyone!

Here's the new Sketchbook Tour video. This is the most diverse of my sketchbooks. I hope you'll enjoy it! 🥰

PS. I'm editing the video on hatching now 🤫

Hugs 🧡 Gaby

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STEP BY STEP/ SECRET SKETCH - Cotton Candy Cheetah 🐆

Hi guys!

Here’s one more sketch based on the references picked by you. This time from Liv Jo 🧡

It’s just an experiment and I’m not sure if I’ll continue this style but it was fun to practice and learn how these media mix with each other 😁🍭

Here...

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STEP BY STEP - 3 Portraits based on References suggested by My Patrons 🧡✨


Hi everyone!

Here’s the Step by step process of sketches based on references picked by you. This time I chose 3 photos with male portraits sent by Yoana, Yve (Paintedshards) and Tash 🧡

If you wanna suggest references you can always do it in 2021-10-21 19:39:19 +0000 UTC View Post

STEP BY STEP & Materials - My first oil painting portrait study 🎨✨

Hi Everyone! 🧡

As I promised - I’m sharing with you Step By Step of my first oil painting study 🙌

I tried painting with oils few times when I was a teenager but only for some still life studies. The only thing I remembered was that it’s very pleasant but messy and that the t...

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WIP/ Sneak Peek - my first Oil Painting Portrait Study 🎨✨

Hi everyone! 🍊

How are you? I’m feeling kinda blocked recently so I’m less active on social media and I have a weird fear when I think about starting new sketchbook. Dunno why, it never happened to me before 😅 But I rested a bit for the last few days and today I feel better.

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ART GUIDE + STEP BY STEP - How to draw Ears 👂🏼✨

Hi Everyone! 

Sorry for the longer absence but I had a lot of work and felt a bit burned out recently. I'm back with the tutorial on drawing ears! 

Here's the Step By Step based on of one of the ears.

1. REFERENCE PHOTOS

At first...

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STEP BY STEP - "Squid Game" Sketchbook Page 🦑

Hi my wonderful Patrons! 

We're starting this month's content with a Step By Step of my sketches inspired by the amazing "Squid game". If you haven't watched this series yet, I highly recommend it! I liked everything there - the idea, script, dialogues, brilliant casti...

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LIST OF CONTENT for October 🍂👻🎃

Hi 👋

Here’s the list of content for this month. 

We're gonna focus more on Step By Steps and Videos now, but I decided to add also guide on capturing likeness in portrait art because I often get questions about it. Also I'm gonna share tips on drawing ears because they're ar...

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POLL - Video Tutorial/ Drawing Process for October 🎃

Hi Everyone! 🧡

Thank you so much for the comments under last post. Your feedback is very importrant to me and helps a lot with creating valuable content! 🥨

Please vote for this month's Video Tutorial:

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Content suggestions 💌

Hello my Dear Patrons! 🎃

It’s October already 🙀 THANK YOU ALL for your amazing support! 🥰

Last months content was a bit different than before. I created more sketches and step by steps. We had two videos instead of one but less art guides. Let me k...

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STEP BY STEP - Digital painting - Portrait without an initial sketch 🥝

Hi guys! 🧡

Here's the Step By Step of the Digital Painting I did this month. I have the impression that every time I paint digitally, I do it in a different way because there are so many of them! This picture is painted without an initial sketch, which was extremely difficult for me.&nbs...

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INSPIRATIONS: Few tips on creating your own style ✨

WHERE DO YOU FIND INSPIRATION?

It is always difficult for me to answer this question. I find them everywhere, every day, but I don't think finding is the problem here. It is more difficult to notice, appreciate, understand and know how to use your inspirations. View Post

Update 📌 MONTLY SHOUTOUTS of Your Art on my Insta Stories 🧡✨🍂

📅 LAST UPDATE: Jan 4, 2022

Hi everyone!

Today I’m gonna share your art on my Insta Stories. After that I’m closing this post and gonna share a new one at the end of each month to keep clarity ✨👌🏼

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SKETCHBOOK TOUR VIDEO (2019) - 100+ Heads Challenge 🍿🎬

Hi guys! 👾

Here's my first Sketchbook Tour video! 

It's with my Sketchbook #3 from 2019 - the one with "100 heads challenge". I hope you'll find it inspiring 🤩 

Have a lovely week! 🍓

Gaby

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SKETCHBOOK UPDATE: Nature studies with mixed media 🌳 🍄 Art supplies + process 🖌🖋🖍

Hi guys! 🍀

Recently I decided to do something other than portraits so here are some nature studies. I didn't go outside to do them (unfortunately) but I was creating a bit from my imagination and a bit from references that you can see on my 2021-09-21 13:22:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Video Tutorial - "Picking colours 4 the Coloured Pencils Portrait" + the full drawing process 📽️🍿

Hi everyone!

Here's the video with the new coloured pencils portrait! 🎬🍿 I did my best to explain the thinking process behind picking colours but of course, let me know if you have more questions. 🎨 Below you'll find references and the page with my...

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SKETCHBOOK TOUR 📚 POLL

Hi!
I wanted to ask which of these sketchbooks should be presented in this month's bonus video 🤩 

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STEP BY STEP - Mixed media experiments based on your references 🧪

Hello my dear Potato Angels! 🥰

Here's the Step by Step with mixed media studies based on your references. Recently I just threw out all the markers and other rarely used supplies from the drawer to experiment. I just love sketchbooks and having fun like this 🥼

1. PENCIL ...

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SNEAK PEEK/ mixed media sketchbook spread + sketches based on your references 🔮

Hi guys! 🌸

Here are some new sketches made with MANY media - some regular and some that I usually don’t use 😅 They we’re laying in my drawers and I thought I’ll do some experimental studies with them 🙌🏼

It was so fun to not plan anything and just cre...

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STEP BY STEP - Experiment with Mixed media portrait based on the reference from you ✨🧡

Hi!

I hope you’re having a great week 😊

Here’s an experiment based on the reference from Yoana 🤗 You can send your references on Discord and I’m gonna use them in my monthly sketches with step by steps 👾

It’s not in any of my usual styles (or co...

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