Illustration Friday:Silence

Sketches from the airport-2

Some more sketches I did at the airport in Chicago while people watching and waiting for my next flight back in May.I can't forget that extremely sweet dog, so happy and well behaved.I wish I had such a cutie like her.

From my sketchbook

 

When travelling by plane a person wastes tons of time waiting at the airports.That's why I always bring a sketchbook with me.The sketches above were done at the Minneapolis and Chicago Airports and on the plane.As you can see it was in May when my daughter and I were on our way to Bulgaria.

Some sketches

Some random pages from my sketchbook.They are old from February.
They were inspired by pictures from Facebook and the Internet. Thanks to the photographers.
I am in a creative block at the moment and  trying to bring back my inspiration looking at old staff of mine.The wonderful weather outside does not help very much.I take a lot of pictures but it feels not right not to draw.

My Winter Olympics

It is too sad that the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi are already over.During this endless and frigid winter they were like a ray of sunshine and joy for me.I love to watch winter sports especially figure skating and downhill skiing.I was glued to the TV whenever I had some time...or whenever my daughter would let me have the TV.I did some sketches while watching the games and also took some pictures from the TV mainly for reference.The opening and the closing ceremonies were epic.The Russians did a great job organizing the games although there were some concerns at the beginning.

Illustration Friday:Exotic

A sketch of my daughter sleeping.I was wondering what she was dreaming about.Exotic flowers and butterflies?

Walking the dog

I am posting this for no reason while waiting for my girlie to come back home from trick-or-treating. Mixed media and collage.

Illustration Friday:Future

This is my submission for this week's topic Future. This is a quick doodle I did last night expressing the ever lasting hope that the future would be better than our present life.

Illustration Friday:WILD

My submission for this week's topic Wild is a simple study of a fox.I am not very good at drawing wild animals so this was one good opportunity to improve.I used a regular #2 pencil and watercolor pencils.

Illustration Friday:Swim - 2

This is my second submission for this week's topic Swim.The two drawings were completed in ink and watercolor pencils and all out of my imagination.

Illustration Friday:Wings

This is an old drawing that was not finished.Illustration Friday motivated me to finish it.There is not preplanned composition in it.Just two separate images of angels with watercolor pencils.

Sunday

A quiet weekend at home.When it gets cold it is time to slow down.And it feels good.Just making home made pizza for my daughter's sleepover,watching the guinea pigs play,watching TV and reading blogs.And dreaming about a new camera!I hope soon!This illustration of mine was completed in the summer.Ink pen and watercolor pencils.

Drawings and mixed media - #161 and 162

I am almost there;at the end of presenting the drawings from the last year challenge that I could not complete.These two are more like experiments with mixed media,drawings with ink and watercolor pencils and collage on different kinds of paper.They are not dated but they were done in the second half of last year,so I left them to be the last ones,with a couple more which are going to come soon.

#91 and 92

Starry night

Last night my step daughter,my daughter and I went outside to watch the meteor shower.The night sky was just gorgeous.Not even a cloud, just huge bright stars and the song of the crickets.
I could see one shooting star,my step daughter saw a couple only my little one could not see any.
She was sad but she still needs to learn a lot about patience.Anyway she saw a lot of interesting things this night-The Big Dipper,several aeroplane lights,the light of a satellite and a baby frog.
This sketch is an attempt to draw my daughter drawing in her sketchbook.The resemblance is a little bit off.Here she looks older than she is actually.Watercolor pencils.

Summer sketches-trees

Watercolor pencils in my sketchbook.

Summer sketches-animals

Watercolor pencils in my sketchbook.
Used pictures from newspapers
and magazines for inspiration.

Some summer sketches-flowers.

Both sketches were completed with watercolor pencils.For the first one I was inspired by a photo in Country Living magazine the British edition.For the second one I used my own picture as a reference.

Faces from the web

I have been into sketching people's faces recently.I looked for inspiration on the web.Just improving my skills.

New items in my etsy shop

Today I was busy listing some greeting cards in my etsy shop.Both sets include two original /handmade/ cards and one printed one of design of my own. I really had fun creating them.I have more ideas and some more are coming to the shop.

If you are wondering why I was out of sight for a while it was because our computer was crashed.I hacker,a virus,a computer recovery shop-it was a long story.Now everything is back to normal,thank god,and I am back again.