Beauty in nature - Just for fun

This one was made just for fun. I just wanted to test my Derwent Coloursoft pencils, and do some burnishing with colored pencils. I loved this technique, but I did several mistakes while testing. It's really visible where the skin meets the sky on her chest. And the tree is way too thick! Haha... well, as I said - it was just for fun. I will draw more with colored pencils from now. I just regret buying a small set of only 24 colors. I always want more, more, more...

Bryggen, Bergen... Done!

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Cheeses! Thought I'd never get this one done. It's just 29x15 cm, but it took... like... forever. I could probably go on drawing details, but I was so tired of it all. I don't think I could draw one single line more...

"Bryggen, Bergen" - Copics Multiliner 0.03 and 0.1 on Daler-Rowney drawing paper.
 

Why is painting so hard!

Why, why, why? Why is painting so hard? A few times every year, I decide to paint a picture. I'm always confident it will turn out awesome, but it turns out crappy every time! It's just so diffcult! How do they do it? It looks so easy, but I just can't get a grip on it... It's so annoying!! Argh! I think my new year's resolution should be learning how to paint. At least ONE half decent picture during my lifetime. Going back to gnaw on my brushes in frustration now...

Making progress... Bryggen, Bergen WIP II

Continuing this crazy project of mine. What was I thinking? I was supposed to put christmas back in it's boxes today, but instead I spent all day hatching and cross hatching. The building to the left turned out too dark, but that can't be fixed. One of the disadvantages of drawing with the unforgiving pen.

Second pic is a closeup of the cross hatching. This technique is when you add shadows and texture by drawing intersecting parallel lines. I do this a lot when drawing with pen. It's funny to see how rough the bicycles look on the close-up. Makes me want to fix them, but they will look better this way. They are just to small to be too detailed.

Bryggen, Bergen - WIP

Happy New Year! I'm starting the new year with some practice in drawing buildings... I believe that I've never drew a building in my life - not that I recall. So this is meant to be Bryggen, Bergen, Norway. I'm never smart, and that's probably why I'm doing this in pen – not pencil. Outlining first, then shadowing with crosshatching.