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Sketchbook work. Hands convey a surprising amount of emotion, which is the reason I love drawing them.

Most evenings, I watch a couple of news programs streaming on my computer. During that time, I also make it a point to draw a person (usually from an on-line reference photo) with a No.2 yellow pencil (generally Ticonderoga) on whatever paper is handy on my desk. It's good practice and keeps my hands busy. These are some "News Doodles" done this past week.

I am pleased to present to you the finished Elton drawing. (I finished it today while listening to my new albums; shout out to my mom for the birthday gift.) Does the drawing look exactly like the photo? No, it doesn't, and I can easily pick out all the mistakes I made. At the same time, I'm happy with it for what it is, and I loved drawing it. Anyway, feedback is very welcome, let me know what you guys think and what I can improve on.

A beautiful day for a walk in the park and to paint a tree.

I always have a more muted color palette in mind and then the painting ends up being very colorful. Trying out Arteza gouache. I really like it :)

Started as a doodle while I was listening to a podcast on the history of gin! Just graphite.

One of my favorite pieces I did for Inktober a couple of years ago. The prompt was juicy. I went with an NBC Hannibal aesthetic. You would not believe how much fun I had coloring those pomegranates.

I was just thinking of how every time I see a moth, somebody has to point out that they're just 'Ugly Butterflies'.

A resident of Gatti di Roma cat Sanctuary in Rome. This piece will be auctioned and the proceeds will go to the charity.

A woman in a throng of energy

This is another page from my journal. I will add text later. Acrylic paint and white gel pen.

This, not very ferocious fellow, was my social distancing Easter weekend project that I finished yesterday. A colored pencil drawing on Strathmore 400 colored pencil pad with several different wax and oil colored pencils.

Sketchbook book page

This bird is very late for a meeting. Yes, he is wearing a flying bow tie.

Going into the unknown, You are not alone

We Live Here Now

These Marshmallows are hiking out of the camp when these fire dudes come parachuting down on them trying to ruin their camping experience. What will happen to these Marshmallows? Acrylic on wood board about 22 x 28 inches.

I'm doing a series of illustrations (one a week) combining my love of designer chairs and cats. This weeks chair is the famous Panton. The cat is called Anton ::)

Digital drawing of a Golden eagle portrit with tail feathers

Artwork on "the other side" - playing with the bleed-through from the watercolor and intuitiviely allowing the shapes to arise. Created using watercolor, coffee, ink, graphic pens and unipen

The final image of the third poster in a set of 3

Original art inspired by the tale of Persephone.

Couldn't fit the fish on one page

Foe the love of pebbles...

That was my first animal painting, chose ocelot, because the are so beautiful and unusual. It is done with oilcolors on canvas.

From the digital sketchbook...a fun watercolory and penciled crowd. They’re scrunched together but are all pretty calm.

Pen and ink illustration of an old beetle abandoned in the bush!

#Swollen is the word for #inktober #day17. Because the city I live in is swollen from cars, buildings, humans, rats, pigeons, dirt and trash I considered the word to be proper for the problem of urbanization. Even if it's a natural transformation, it comes with a lot of issues. I see it as a concrete and steel monster eating the nature that stands in its way. © Maria!Bălan, 2018