BP - Abstract No.1

Abstract No.1 - Aquarelle, Colour Pencil, Pencil

I'm not entirely sure yet what this will eventually become or what I want it to become. The only thing I know at the moment is that it is still a work in progress and not quite done yet. We'll see where it will go.

TS - Mountain Meeting Notes v.4.0

Mountain Meeting Notes v.4.0 - Ballpoint Pen

TS - Fall Roses

Fall Roses - Aquarelle

It is official, fall is here where I live. Or was it just that I forgot to water the little rose bush we got as a present from some recent guests... We'll You'll never know.

TS - Regenschwere Woke

Regenschwere Wolke (cloud heavy with rain) - Marker

TS - Weather Map

Weather Map - Ink Marker

TS - Beauty Pageant

Beauty Pageant v.1.0 - B6 Pencil, Colour Pencil

This is only a quick sketch of an idea that popped up in my head after watching the fantastic John Oliver today. The standards we (as a society) set for women are ridiculous, not healthy for anybody and completely unrealistic for the majority of women to achieve.

One way to chip away a little bit on this shitty situation (or at least turn it into something humorous that nobody will be able to take serious any more) would be to force the judges to also wear swim suits; answer the same ridiculous questions; and to conform to the same ludicrous regulations should they with to become a judge.

TS - Self Portrait

Self Portrait - Pencil, Colour Pencil

I don't quite know what it is about this picture but I'm not super impressed with the final product. On the up side, the process of getting there was very enjoyable. Listening to some music while drawing raw, rough lines on the paper, mixing the colours, drawing over them again and again and finally arriving at the end product. I just enjoy the action of putting rough, raw lines on paper. Something about it is imensely satisfying.

I think the neck is to slender, the forehead needs to be a bit shorter, the bottom part of the head a bit longer - Ergo; the eyes were set at the wrong level by me. You always get into trouble when drawing from your mind and the ideal of what the object/person you're drawing should look like. The proper way would be to really looking at what you see in front of you; and then try to work on replicating the proportions and features in a way that the original can be seen in the picture. I most often work from my mind and not by truly looking. Maybe that needs to be a skill I'll focus some attention to in the near future...

Goal: Let's do some research one ways to train true observations.