Happy New year my lovely folks!
It 's impossible to not have notice on which
sad note 2020 started, between fires and threatening wars
but in my little corner of my tiny world..
all is fine!
In the South of UK we have experienced a lot of rain
(if we could just catch it and bring it where is more needed!)
and the number of days in a greyscale is so big
that I felt more and more depressed.
Oh dear sunshine, you make the plants grow..
I want to grow too! come to visit more often!
I started my year busy with commissions
and for the first time ever, I was asked to recreate exactly one of my images..
and so I did, and it was really interesting,
relaxing, and I could put more contrast in colours than in the previous version..
You know, it is funny to say
but I feel I am less afraid of using dark colours than I was in the past.
Oh yes, this is the truth, as funny as it sounds!
It was because every time I used a dark colour, I would sort of
feel its darkness taking over...my mood..
Plus, they were hard to control..
Plus, they were hard to control..
It sounds very silly, but with a bit of practice I feel I am more comfortable now!
STILL, I do not have a single black paint in my tool box!
I normally use sepia together with blue, I rekon they will be enough of a strech for this life..
I also did a day of clay
playing with characters
Now I am working on new ideas for the coming seasons,
and of course I am experimenting, learning, and dreaming of sunny days
and future travels!
Anyone coming to the Bologna Children Book fair this year?
I can't wait, it is a safe bet for inspiration!
This is a little sketch I have been working on, and with this
I wish you good ideas!
Notes and discoveries:
- running is my go to treatment for depression ( with the right shoes and not on tarmac! )
- Stephanie Graegin characters are my favorite these days
- favourite food : cooked apples and pears, with few pine nuts and cinnamon on top, mixed with fresh Ricotta cheese ....yummy!
- Art tip: did you know that on the Holbein Acryla Guache tubes you can find value and saturation levels ( Munsell scale) of each color? This helps me to choose which color to go for, in order to follow better my value sketch! And also to control saturation in an image and consciously put it where it needs to be !