Samsung Note Doodles

What is this? A real post after almost a year? Well, yes actually. And not only am I posting again, I started drawing again! Or rather, doodling.

 

 

You may be wondering where the hack I disappeared to. Well, I bought a little apartment and was busy styling it and settling in. I will share some photos of it soon. I was also busy writing my Hebrew blog that isn't crafts & arts oriented, which figures since I didn't really make anything new or interesting in about two yours.

I hope to create more as my tiny winy "studio" takes shape and begin to function as such. You can see these drawings are somewhat childish. I guess not working for a while takes you back to square one, just like with sport.

But drawing with my new Samsung Note is so enjoyable I cannot seem to stop doing it ever since I got it a couple of weeks ago. It comes with its own little stylus pen and I enjoy doodling on a small scale. It makes things easier for my untrained hand.

And so we come to my favorite and last drawing for now, a tribute to Grumpy Cat which I love dearly. She is such a small creature and I can easily relate to her constant frown. After all, life ain't easy! Especially when you try to resume drawing after such a long break.

Meeting doodle

Meeting doodle
Originally uploaded by Sharona R

It's back to long meetings, and with meetings come doodles!

Facing my anxiety

This weekend was dedicated to the daunting task of creating a watercolor illustration for a new customer.

Whenever I get a job that scares me, I tend to procrastinate and custom paintings scare me to bits. Drawings are so personal and I never know if the customer will like my work. I made many drafts, and felt quite insecure. I guess that is a common emotion among artists who do sporadic work like myself, who have a rather demanding day job. Eventually, I managed to sit myself down on Saturday and drew for several hours till I was happy with the result.

Work in progress

The actual task was to draw six basic body types for a stylist who is about to start a series of lectures and classes. She saw my illustrations on my fashion blog and wanted me to portray the different body types in a whimsical style (as opposed to most ready made body type sketches available).

Hourglass and cello body types

I am not a fan of digital illustration, so this was all done with pencils, ink and watercolor. I am glad to say the customer is very pleased with my work, as am I. There is a great sense of satisfaction when completing a task you were scared of. I should try and remember that next time I find myself procrastinating.

Endangered species

I consider myself a pretty good illustrator. I am not learned enough to consider myself a real painter, but I do have good watercolor, pencil, ink and acrylic skills. I have even been known to sell the occasional portrait here and there. So when my niece asked me to draw her a tiger this afternoon, I had no reason to expect ending up with this on my hands.

The sweet girl refused to paint it, and said it is a strange tiger and possibly a pig. My mother had far worse things to comment on it, so I had to go find a photo of a tiger and draw a new one. We ended up with this, which she thought was very real looking.

Luckily, little Pooh ended up spilling water on the paper and we could all gladly move on to eating strawberries and drinking lemonade, free of the fear of being chased by strange and real looking tigers (or possibly, pigs).