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Pencil in Moleskine sketchbook

This drawing has gone through several iterations (rough napkin sketch, sketchbook sketch, black and white version, limited colour version). 2021, Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on 9” x 12” Archival paper. Model: ImaniZ

Using more staining watercolour paints, I was able to glaze a couple layers over the first layer to make for a neat effect.

Village women walking along the desert carrying water in clay pots.

"Sometimes the bridges that are hardest to cross lead to most magical places. "-anon #painting #originalart #art_aristina.z #aristina.z #digitalpainting #illustration #autodesksketchbook

Doodling will give you ideas for projects that you didn't expect. The characters for my book, Flight of the Silk, came from sketches. This picture is one illustration for the book.

This is probably a 15 minute sketch, maybe less, done in a drawing session in Victoria, B.C.

Giving it a go with artist colored pencils for the first time. Finding it challenging to keep a point on the pencils and anyway to recover if what should have been a white area gets too much color? Do most colored pencil artists use solvents to blend?

Doodles, doodles, doodles. THIS IS NOT MY ORIGINAL DESIGN - I do not know who the original artist is but was inspired by some doodles I had seen on my Instagram feed. I definitely really enjoy these kinds of doodles, so relaxing and not so STRESSFUL as some of my charcoal realistic portraits can be.... might do some more :-)

Drawing by ink on paper.

Graphite drawing of an Icon.

Charcoal drawing from photo ref. More about her https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Sher-Gil

it seems that whit his deamon wing he is hiding the light, n screaming for vengance,,hope you like!

A little experiment with composite realism of sorts.

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Burrowing Owl watercolor made for my aunt.

"There's no angry way to say bubbles." Art process video is up at : https://youtu.be/19GhrxR3rYQ

“Whirlwind 2”, an original drawing. Micron pens on archival paper. Size: 4” x 6”. Title, signature and date in the back of the drawing. The original post date on this drawing was September 2, 2020.