urban

The Long Barn, Yorkshire, UK.

Ufo flap

Entwined

A small but very well known restaurant at the river Elbe, Hamburg (Germany).

Slipping guy

Caravan

This was my submission for the Doodle Addicts ‘Doodle Caravan’ competition in 2019. Some real world characters also made it in there. Try and spot Kerby Rosanes, Mr. Doodle and Mr. Bingo!

pencil sketck

Sketching on a wall in Detroit

Experimenting with one-line sketching #quicksketch @barcelonastreetsketch

Some food I loved to eat in Spain, memories from my travel sketch journal.

Some sailing ship in a small historic harbour named Övelgönne, Hamburg (Germany)

Lulu in her city. At night. With pets.

I hate having to always paint something that has reason in it, so I made this

Corner.

This was my first stab at a Japanese-style 'sumi-e' or ink and brush painting in a 10 minute lunchbreak at work. The paper is a poor base for the wetness of the ink but better than not painting at all! I only have limited art supplies at work (not surpris

I doodle with rocks

The monsters we create A collection of creatures born from our impact and existance on Earth. This is a work in progress project, it doesn't yet have a name, but the story becomes more clear every day. Soon I will have more details about it, until then take care, this runner is taking a real shape and it's after you. He is the money maker, the greedy, the selfish buyer of unnecessary things with money he doesn't have. Sounds familyar? 7x7 cm linoprint © Maria ! Balan, 2018

Get it out!

We continue the #inktober environmental issues series with the #day19 word: #scorched and for this word I tried to illustrate the Urban Heat Island effect. This takes place in metropolitan areas that are warmer than the rural areas surrounding them. The main cause of the UHI effect is the alteration of land surfaces (concrete and asphalt). Heat waste produced by people and their tools (like vehicles and industry) is another cause and also the decreased amount of vegetation. UHIs often have lower air and water quality that have a negative effect on the environment of these areas. It is also considered to be a possible contribution to global warming. © Maria!Bălan, 2018

Sketching on a wall in Phoenix

Drawing scrappy pigeons in NYC

Commuter Sketches - Girl in an over-sized hoodie

Some bicycles in front of a statue and a bicycle shop. Sittard, The Netherlands. I am not quite happy , the way the statue worked out. I should have used a smaller nib for that.