Art vlogs, draw with me & material review videos 🌿 On a journey to become a better artist...
I'm Evelyne, freelance illustrator for fantasy games and books, and I'm posting my own art practice journey as I try to get better at anything and everything, from portraits to landscapes, charcoal to oil pastels. I also enjoy going very much in-depth in my art material reviews...
Painting mostly in acrylics and watercolors - and nowadays gouache - with the occasional digital sketch and lots of oil pastels.
I'm a Swiss artist living in South Korea, travel sketching on Jeju Island.
As I also mention art supplies that I personally use and love, some of the links I post may be affiliate links (always marked!), so if you purchase through my links, I may earn a small commission.
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evydraws
It's always a good day when I get to paint a cat! 🐈 (this one is for another "Fangs for Nothing" book illustration... I'm painting three extra interior illustrations thanks to the successful Kickstarter!)
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evydraws
Join me for a very laid-back, chatty sketchbook session ✎ https://youtu.be/VbdX7J0Ouys I'm trying out different (watersoluble) coloured pencils, some gouache, the Derwent Drawing for warm-up portraits, AND nerd out about pencil sharpeners. 😆 All to have an excuse to sketch my DnD character...
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evydraws
I'm currently painting more book interior art! The "Fangs for Nothing" limited edition Kickstarter went really well and we reached even the final stretch goal! So there are three new interior illustrations total...
For these two here, I'll be using limited palettes: The Zorn palette for the ballroom, and a weird Phthalo Green-Neutral-Yellow Ochre palette for the grotto scene. Very excited for both!
... and there might be a sketching video tomorrow if it stops raining and I can record voiceover. :)
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evydraws
The Jeju Book Fair was amazing! ... but I completely crashed after I returned from that trip. 😅 So, I spent the last couple days cuddling my cat, getting over a bit of a fever, and slowly packaging Patreon prints and painting commissions. Painting while listening to audiobooks is my happy place. ❤️
If I'm a bit slow with replies, or next weekend doesn't come with a new art video, that's because I'm huddled in front of my easel, too tired for anything else. Do you get those days when you just need to recharge? What do you do to refill your batteries?
(edit: The "Ghost of the Cherry Blossom Season" postcards and stickers are the snailmail reward for March, and sign-up is open until April 2nd! 🌸 Really happy with how these turned out... www.patreon.com/posts/153975663 )
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evydraws
An early video this week - I'm traveling to a book fair tomorrow! 🌸 https://youtu.be/vihcGWrnB0I
This is one of my shortest videos in a while, as I really focused on the simplicity of it all: Just a few favourite art supplies, and a bit of minimalism in the drawing itself, too. I hope you like my Ghost of the Cherry Blossom Season. 🥰
Until April 2nd, you can join my Patreon snail mail (or airmail!) tier if you'd like to receive the sticker and postcard, and a handwritten thank you note. www.patreon.com/c/EvelynePark
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evydraws
I'm so happy with how this illustration turned out! 🌸 The "Ghost of the Cherry Blossom Season" is the art print for Patreon/Membership snail mail this month.
Cherry blossom season here in South Korea feels so elusive and unpredictable... It can last for a couple weeks, or one bad spring storm can end it in days.
www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-of-cherry-153421196
This coming weekend, when I travel to the Jeju Book Fair, the trees are suppposed to start blooming and I'll bring my travel sketchbook and gouache palettes in the hopes of some quick glimpses!
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This was painted on Strathmore toned paper, with a single coloured pencil (the Derwent Lightfast in Mars Violet) and then the Holbein Irodori gouache "spring" set. It feels like a blend of my gouache landscape sketches with the rough brushwork, portrait sketches, and the usual fantasy art influences... so I hope I can create more of these, maybe themed around different flowers!
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evydraws
This idea came over me a couple days ago and I immediately had to start sketching!
(Do you have a favorite among those sketches?) 🌸
I originally planned for the March Patreon print to be a small cat illustration print (with my watercolor cats from last year) but I'm now moving those to a later month, when the hydrangea flowers actually bloom, and I'm going with this "cherry blossom" theme first to match the season!
Cherry blossom season here in South Korea feels so elusive and unpredictable... It can last for a couple weeks, or one bad spring storm can end it in days.
So I imagined this spirit of cherry blossoms, reborn each year for that short time. Blink and you miss her...
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evydraws
A very slow art vlog! https://youtu.be/HBNNWKEayE8 Working on new illustrations, making color studies and sketches, and preparing for a book fair... a realistic look at what I actually do all day as an illustrator.
I'd love to hear your thoughts about "feeling ready" to tackle challenging projects. I often feel like I should be drawing more studies and practicing, but if I only ever do that, I never actually get to paint all those pieces I want to - and there's so much to learn from (imperfect) finished art. It's something I've been grappling with and chat about during this art vlog. ❤️
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evydraws
Would you be interested in an art vlog that shows all the (boring?) behind-the-scenes of working as an illustrator? Usually, I keep my videos here focused on my sketchbooks or art supply experiments, but really, 90% of my days is just painting and composition sketches and emails. 😅 I thought it might be interesting to share some of those composition and color studies and just chat about life.
Meanwhile: New book interior illustrations! This sketch is for a new piece for "Fangs for Nothing" - the Kickstarter still has 10 days to go and the first stretch goal related to my art has already been unlocked, so I'm excited to paint more! 🥰
www.kickstarter.com/projects/steffmetal/fangs-for-…
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evydraws
The Fire Unicorn prints arrived and I love them! 🔥🦄 Today is the last day to join Patreon for the postcard, larger art print... and both get a little sticker, too. www.patreon.com/c/EvelynePark
In related news: I just got the acceptance email for the Jeju Book Fair! It's a two day event at the end of March, so I'm glad I printed lots of extra unicorn postcards, and will reprint my art zines, too. The short timeline from finding out if one has a booth to the actual event means that I don't plan on making any new zines, though - three weeks including printing is just SO SHORT, right??
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