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.
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While all the statues forming the background were my favorite part of this illustration, I'm also (for once!) really happy with my blending overall! ❤️ I was focused on creating a contrast between hard, lifeless stone and a softer human figure. Acrylics can be tricky to blend with, but there's nothing a cheap yet resilient bristle brush and some acrylic medium (I like the Retarder Fluid by Golden, but also mix some slow-drying acrylics into my regular heavy body ones for easier blending...) can't do! 🥰
This stage was just before I painted final details, like ivy plants and cracks in the marble... and you can swipe to see the earlier paint layer, which is much more stylized and quite harsh.
Excited to share the final illustration and the painting process video! (soon!)
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I'm really slow when it comes to editing videos right now BUT very productive when it comes to painting...❤️ This is the final interior illustration for "Fangs for Nothing", and I'm using the Zorn palette - an old favorite! Before starting, I filled a sketchbook page with color swatches, trying out alternatives for the Cadmium Red Light, but while they're interesting and I'd love to paint something in those palettes, they lean a bit too cool. (Quinacridone Red and Naphthol Red Light)
So, just the usual: Titanium White, Cad Red Light, Yellow Ochre, and Mars Black, for this warmly lit ballroom scene... Very excited to show more of the process!
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Some snippets from the new art vlog! https://youtu.be/Cjn3AsruFN4 🌿 I'm talking a bit about "failing" to keep up with sketchbook habits, art plans, and how I try to find balance between book illustrations and personal work. :) AND there's an anatomy book haul that I'm really excited about!
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I'll be painting so many statues (and one human and one vampire) for this book illustration. The color palette is a fun one, I hope, as I'm trying to use bright Phthalo Green and Cyan Blue contrasted with soft earth tones.
There'll be a whole bunch of painting process pictures here over the next couple of weeks as I wrap up all my illustrations for the hardcover editon of "Fangs for Nothing". I'm so honored I get to contribute this much art to the book, and learned so much from painting all of them! 🦇🖤
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April is nearly over! HOW??? I'm painting so many illustrations right now with deadlines at the end of the month, BUT I'm also very excited to share this month's prints and stickers!
The hydrangea cat is a watercolor illustration from last year that I've wanted to turn into a postcard for a while... now it comes with a hydrangea detail on the back that I painted while experimenting with traditional Korean paints and styles. 💙
And the book interior illustration "Gothic Nights" - one of many for the Fangs for Nothing limited edition - gets a little print release just for Patreon, with the art print for the higher membership tier, and the vinyl sticker for everyone. 🐈⬛ It's black cat season, apparently!
www.patreon.com/posts/156644546
I hope you're all doing well, that your April was a bit less hectic, that you had some time for creative little projects - sketching, writing, crafts... or even PleinAirpril! And I hope that, in May, I'll have more time to sketch and make new videos. <3
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The changes an illustration goes through... 💙 This book interior illustration was all about the nightgown, transparency, candlelight, and - of course - the little cat!
While I loved my lighting and color gouache sketch on toned paper, I didn't just translate it "exactly" into acrylics, but tried to take what I'd learned from it to make the scene moodier.
Can you spot some of the composition changes? :)
This is one of three bonus interior illustrations for the limited edition of "Fangs for Nothing" - I'm now already painting the final two!
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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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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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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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