Summer art: Self -Portrait

Hi everyone!

So, my Leaving Cert is over and I finally got back to drawing! What a wonderful feeling to have all the time in the world, to just sit there and draw for hours... I really missed this!

I apologize for not updating my blog very often but you know, studying and all sorts of school shennanigans were in the way.
But now, I finally took out my polychromos and drew... myself.
Not because I'm vain or anything. Some people write autobiographies, artists create their self-portraits. So basically, I decided to do that as a sort of, warm up before I draw more this summer. I had quite a long break from art so this was a nice practice. Also, I wanted to draw a person and I didn't really know who to draw so I settled on the idea of drawing myself :)
Doesn't look completely like me but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Now all I'm worrying about is how fast my tints and shades of brown polychromos will be gone... They're just so expensive and everytime I need to sharpen them a part of my soul dies... Argh, the struggle ;)

So here is my self-portrait based on the photoshoot I had for my portfolio.

Marina, excuses and updates.

Hello!
My blog has been so dead for the past few weeks.. I feel awful about it to be honest.
I promised to update my blog about my portfolio and I never did. It's unacceptable really.
So finally, let me just say a few words about Le Portoflio.

My interview was on the 21st of March and a week later I got my letter back.
I got 540 points out of 600 so I'm pretty darn happy about it.
And as much as I complained about the lack of free time and how portfolio is killing me, I miss doing it very much. I'd honestly rather spend time doodling than studying boring notes for my leaving cert.
But then again just a month of studying left and then.... SUMMER.
I sincerely hope my exams go well and I'll be gong to Art college in September.
The idea of doing something I truly love every day is actually amazing and that's what keeps me motivated right now.
I shall post some of my art as soon as I get everything sorted and all.

My art practicles are over now and I cannot tell how relieved I am.
I was preparing for this for the past 5 years and it's quite bizarre that it's over already.
I was satisfied with most of the stuff I did although my life sketching did not go the way i wanted it to.
But I'm staying optimistic.
Here's some practice stuff I did for the project.
For the poster I used graphite, polychromos, watercolours, markers and my Rimmel blush for the cheeks and few other places on her face. The poster I did on the day was better I think. This is just a quick practice I did at home. The original one had more writing on it and I changed the font and all that. It was more detailed. I'll get the project back in August i believe so I'll probably post it here too.

And then since I got my polychromos I doodled a little bit to try them out. They are so amazing I can't even verbalise my feeling towards them.
Here's a thing I drew of Marina and The Diamonds but it's unfinished because:
a) I have no time
b) i don't like it
I mean, the colouring is pretty good, i like the colours. But the image itself isn't very good. This is probably one of the weakest drawing I ever produced but oh well. We learn on our mistakes :) 

Polychormos!

Oh my goodness I haven't updated my blog in ages!
And I was supposed to post things about the portfolio interview!
Aaaagh, I will do that. I swear I will.
I blame it all on the oral exams (which by the way went pretty good!)

Anyway, yesterday was a brilliant day and look what I came home to!
My set of 60 Polychromos arrived yesterday and I am in an artistic heaven. I should be studying but I am gonna draw with them because I miss drawing so bad!!!! And besides, I deserve a break from the continuous stuDYING.

Re-post: a1 piece

Got a chance to take a proper picture of my a1.
Information on the piece can be found in my previous post :)

A1 piece & other

So I have finished my a1 piece finally. I used graphite pencils which I then blended with a paint brush to make the drawing smooth and try to show the texture of the skull. Also I had to do that because the paper on which I was drawing was quite rough (similar to water colour paper). To draw the orchid flowers i used aquarelle pencils and polychromos.

And also I'm attaching a painting which I did today. It's one of the few things I have completed during this week. I'm quite productive lately I must say. And also my portfolio interview is on the 21st of March. 2 weeks is all I have left. *silent scream*