Maggie's Art Blog

Watercolour 2024-08-19 20:35:40 UTC #104

I wanted to do a realistic portrait as I hadn’t in ages, so started this last week, hope to finish during the weekend.

gregorya 2024-08-22 22:08:07 UTC #105

The pinup and figure looks pretty good. I also like the realistic portrait.

Watercolour 2024-09-08 18:09:18 UTC #106

Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..
I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?

gregorya 2024-09-10 16:13:52 UTC #107

I do think about that. Sometimes I make a new piece or finish my old one. Nice art work so far.

cedricgo 2024-09-22 15:08:37 UTC #108

Welcome back and congratulations for all the changes in your life (assuming it was all positive change ). Your art looks great as always!

I also tend to abandon drawings when I take too long and honestly, I pretty much never go back to them. I tend to just start new things instead and I think I would do like you said and startbthem from scratch if I thought one was a nice enough idea. So no you are not alone with those thoughts!

Watercolour 2024-09-23 17:42:25 UTC #109

Thanks @cedricgo always appreciate you stopping by
Yes, they were positive changes, and now that I’m settled in, I have time for painting again, so feeling “complete”
Last few weeks I tried some beach themed studies
I like the idea of remaking classical art in my own style (i know its’s not an original idea but it’s fun), will probably try again.

gregorya 2024-09-24 21:35:03 UTC #110

That does sound pretty cool to remake classical art. The Venus art and the beach study look good.

Watercolour 2024-09-25 14:31:51 UTC #111

Thanks! Think I’ll try the creation of Adam or one of a few Klimt pieces I like Any suggestions what might be a fun piece to make into a character?

gregorya 2024-09-26 22:21:00 UTC #112

You're welcome. Since you started the Venus / Aphrodite painting, maybe some more Greek paintings or the ones from pottery?

Watercolour 2024-09-27 17:12:02 UTC #113

Finished up my Seraphine study, really enjoyed cleaning up the hard and soft line
@gregorya sounds like a good idea, I’ll look into that. For now I tried a Klimt portrait I like, felt like drawing a pretty dress.

Watercolour 2024-09-29 20:19:17 UTC #114

I’m on a quest to finish every painting I started in the last 2 years. 1 down

gregorya 2024-09-30 21:31:04 UTC #115

These look great. The line work does look soft and the dress study looks pretty good as well. That's a pretty good portrait. Good luck with catching up with the paintings.

Watercolour 2024-10-07 21:47:06 UTC #116

I had fun painting in black and white, so here’s some more

gregorya 2024-10-09 16:14:17 UTC #117

That looks amazing. is her pearls in her shirt as well?

Watercolour 2024-12-02 17:40:04 UTC #118

Thanks @gregorya gld ypu like it not sure about the pearls, I think it’s a 2-layer necklace.

Loved arcane s2, here’s a study - I need to clean up and polish a bit more, but really haven't been in the mood for painting lately.

I tried sculpting in Nomad for the first time for some variety, here’s what I managed to make following a tutorial. I think the lighting and rendering didn't turn out well at all, will need to dedicate some time to figuring out settings on GI, subsurface scattering and such.

P.s. Similar colors are coinsidental.

gregorya 2024-12-05 17:10:26 UTC #119

Oh, it's a two-layer necklace. The Arcane study looks great.
I never heard of Nomad Sculpt but the results are good. The monster looks adorable.

Watercolour 2024-12-05 20:32:50 UTC #120

@gregorya it’s a sculpting app for ipad similar to zbrush. I think there is now also zbrush for ipad, from what i heard nomad is more casual

gregorya 2024-12-05 23:48:20 UTC #121

Oh, that's good to know.

Watercolour 2024-12-16 17:14:34 UTC #122

I wanted to try painting something other than people, so here’s a bird and some berries. Also tried some crystals/gems but it’s too damn hard xD Feedback is welcome.
I would like to try sculpting a human head/skull one of these days, but I’d need to follow a tutorial and I find myself always procrastinating anything involving learning instead of just doing. Hope inspiration strikes 🤓

gregorya 2024-12-19 23:23:26 UTC #123

The crystal looks pretty good, especially the lighting and the edges. I do like the bird study. I also see that one of the berries is being absorbed into the bird's stomach.