Day 7 - Flying castles, witches and wizards

Day 7 - Draw your favorite movie 

Howl's Moving Castle. Amazing piece of cinema, if you ask me. Magic, curses, witches and wizards. A magical castle and demons. War and love. What more could a girl ask for? Well, unicorns but..you can't have it all.  I've always loved animated movies. They have always been my favorites. I , as everyone else, grew up with Disney movies. The first one I remember is The Little Mermaid, and when I went to see The Lion King at the movies. Disney was and is great, but as I grew older and stumbled into the world of Japanese animation it can't really compare. Studio Ghibli movies are absolutely breathtaking. The animation, the artwork, the stories. In my opinion, they're just perfect. I love their movies, especially the ones directed by Hayao Miyazaki.  In reality I should have done a whole Ghibli tribute, but I decided to just pick one for the challenge. 

For this illustration I used watercolors. I haven't painted in a long time, so it was both fun and a challenge. I used my trusty Winsor Newton travel kit, which is almost 20 years old (that says something about the quality you guys!) . You can't get this exact one, with the exact colors, but this one is almost just the same: WATER COLOURS DELUXE SKETCHERS' POCKET BOX

And of course, I lined it with my trusty pigment liner from Staedler. 

This was a great way to start my week, and I hope you had a great start to yours as well :) 

Day 6 - Just one???

Day 6 - draw your favorite book 

I'm a serious book lover, and there's is no way I could pick just one favorite book. I could maybe make like a top 5 or 10, but in reality I'd rather be listing authors I like because the book list would be huge. I am a literature major in university after all! And I realized that I couldn't pick just one favorite book pretty fast, so I chose to do my own spin on today's challenge. 

Pigment liner pen, and Copic Ciao markers were used to make this illustration. 

Today has been a lovely, and relaxing Sunday. just the way I like it! I hope all of you had lovely weekends as well. 

Do you have a favorite book?? 

Day 5 - 4 ever

I have a lot of amazing and great friends. Best friends even. And I hope you all know I love you and cherish you. 

Day 5 - draw your best friend 

I chose to draw my very first best friend, Ragnhild. We met in first grade when we were 6 years old, and we've been friends ever since. Over 20 years of friendship, now that's something special! (not that you guys aren't special, you know who you are).  We've done so much stuff together, and even if she lives far away from me, when we talk on the phone or see each other it's like we saw each other yesterday. It's been fun growing growing up with you bestie, here's to future adventures! ;) 

I chose to go for a more realistic style today, as I know the subject will probably love that (since she's been badgering me about drawing here for a couple of years now). Better late than never!

The entire drawing was made in Photoshop with a Wacom Cintiq 13hd tablet screen. 

Have a GREAT weekend cuties! 

Day 4 - I want to stay here all day

We're at day 4 already, and today we're talking about favorite places!  I find it hard picking favorites, because I have a lot of stuff I love and enjoy. I guess I just appreciate a lot of things.  But I was able to pick today as well, and I hope you enjoy today's challenge illustration :)

Day 4 - draw your favorite place 

I love my couch. Like this corner in my living room is my most favorite place in the entire world. I can draw here, read books, watch movies and shows. I can sleep on it, with my cats (they are usually not allowed in my bedroom). And of course I can spend time with my amazing boyfriend on it. I can do all my favorite things, right here. I'm a real home body, but I do have other favorite places. 

As usual, I used pigment liner from Steadler to line the drawing, Copic Ciao and Promarkers for color. I also colored in the couch itself with Photoshop. 

I tried making the lines and colors more organic and natural, and not being so picky about making it look perfect. But more like it has this hand drawn/made feel to it. 

Have a great Thursday cuties! Just one more day until the weekend starts! 

Day 3 is delicious

Yum yum, food! Day 3 of the challenge is all about food, my favorite food. A lot of favorites in this challenge, but at least you get to know me a bit better, right?

Day 3 - draw your favorite food 

Sadly, I'm a real sucker for junk food.  I have a lot of favorite foods, and it was hard to pick. But I can always try a burger, no matter where in the world I am. Burgers practically saved my life when I was in Tokyo, as it turned out that I'm NOT a fan of Japanese food.  

For this drawing, I as always, outlined with pigment liner from Staedler, colored with Copic Ciao markers and Promarkers. I added the text in Photoshop. 

What's your favorite food?

Have an amazing Wednesday cuties! 

Day 2 of the 30 day drawing challenge

Still going strong! Today was a lot of fun, because I got to draw my favorite animal!
What's yours? :)

Day 2 - draw your favorite animal 

My favorite kind of animal is the CAT! And my favorite breed is of course, the Maine Coon! That's why this lovely kitty has tufts on it's ears. I outlined this illustration with pigment liner from Staedler, and colored it with Copic Ciao markers and Promarkers.

I absolutely adore cats, and I'm known as the crazy cat lady among my friends and family.  I guess it's because I'm quite obsessed with these cute felines! They just have so much personality, and I love the relationship you can have with them. They just show so much affection, like how my cats absolutely love taking naps with me on the couch. And how fun is it to watch funny or cute videos of cats online you guys? I'm pretty sure everyone and their moms has done that at least once!  What's not to love about cats??

I could probably go on for days about cats, but as this isn't a cat blog, but an art blog I'll stop myself right there ;) But I'm sure this isn't the first and last time I talk about cats, just so you know.

I also made an instagram account, be sure to check that out as well: jea.draws 

Have a great Tuesday cuties!

Challenge yourself

You don't know who I am, yet. But my name is Jeanett and I love to draw (just in case you couldn't tell). I guess I am your typical nerd. I love to read and play games. I watch way too much TV, and I have 3 cats.

I have just picked up art again, and I am having a lot of fun. I have been drawing my entire life, and art has always been my passion. For a while there I didn't make time or prioritize my art, but I am hoping to change that. So I thought I would kick off this blog and my return to drawing with a challenge. More specifically, the 30 day drawing challenge linked below.

30 day drawing challenge
Day 1 - draw yourself 

I have just discovered markers and started coloring with them. I use a mix of Copic Ciao markers and Promarkers from Winsor Newton. I outlined this illustration with a pigment liner pen from Staedler. I have provided you with links to these drawing materials :) 

Copic Ciao 

Promarkers 

Pigment Liner 

If you have any questions about drawing, me or even my cats,don't hesitate to ask! 

Have a lovely Monday cuties.

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