Maggie's Art Blog

Watercolour 2023-08-29 11:46:12 UTC #98

I started working on a Barbie portrait yesterday. Might do this one in colour

cedricgo 2023-08-29 18:10:42 UTC #99

Nice work on those recent drawings!

gregorya 2023-09-07 22:58:50 UTC #100

That's very impressive.

Watercolour 2023-11-06 14:24:08 UTC #101

Here’s a sketch from this weekend, haven’t done anything in a while. I would appreciate any tips on color - i’m playing around with it, not sure where I want to go yet

Watercolour 2023-11-13 21:31:52 UTC #102

Worked some more on this, going slow but I’m happy with it

Watercolour 2024-08-16 08:22:10 UTC #103

Soo I moved to another country, changed my job, did project management qualification and learning my new country’s language while also enjoying life and smelling the daisies when possible, but lately I have been feeling the old itch, so I drew up some pinups and figures.
Feedback welcome

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?