DAY 69 👄

Grainy will be the way! I love how it gives a lil vintage touch. + the contrast of texture with the flat colours looks nice.

didn't mean to be rude

DAY 68

I started to use 2 different texture for the dark tone. I'm gonna have to make a choice here cause it's not working.

smooth or grainy? 

DAY 67

Hehe back at it again! I'm leaving Illustrator on the side, for now, to be able to complete this project.

work in progress!

DAY 66

gotta wait the next month to get money for the paint lol

6

A little sketch for a mural piece that I really want to do. Dedication to all those people who judge hard other people's flaws/mistakes without questioning their own attitude.

DAY 65

I forgot to talk about this little sketch I did a few days ago. It is part of the "draw my character in your style" challenge. An old challenge but I finally decided to participate, because an artist I really really like posted a character to redraw. Just to let you know how I like that artist and his drawings; he inspired my style a loooot. So It was hard for me to make something that different lol.

she's summoning panda poo

I mean just the perspective/point of view of the character is amazing

DAY 64 (day 4 BP portrait award)

I think the next painting will be based on my illustration's world :)

FINISSSHEEEDD

Is it really??? Well, I hate looking at it. But it IS the end of my rally, so I give it a rest for now, cause I need to do something else. I fucked it up a bit, added too much contrast on some part (around the nose). The eyes or the part between the eyes is not working. But the idea is there. HAVE FUN GRUMPY MAYA.

--also I did NOT enter it--

PS: Big thanks to my friend Franke who is letting me use his space to paint and let me eat all his custard biscuits 😬
We can do a lot on our own but way more with others, in 2019 I'll try to "use" the potential of my connections more and make things happen.

DAY 63 (day 3 BP portrait award)

I meant to look grumpy, but my real grumpy face looks a bit better than this

Okay so I added more paint, more colours/contrast/etc, and I'm like, half pleased. There is something about me in this, but also a lot is not right. I learned loads about the process though. I mean, a slight change of tone can completely change the feel of the face's shape, and expression, and all. It's a really delicate work and to be honest, for a first for 10 years, this is amazing. At this stage I'm already looking forward to the next one I'm gonna make with all the new knowledge I gathered.

DAY 62 (day 2 BP portrait award)

I then decided not to include the glittery flowers lol

Today I decided to take a break from my face and only work on the background. I'm super please on my colour matching! It felt really different to work on precise shapes like that, I think I prefer it, that way of painting is closer to my illustration practice, so I feel more confident.

Also, I noticed that I can only work during the day when the natural light is out so I would need to rush the painting a bit... Cause when I decided to start this self-portrait, I was imagining myself working through the night H24 but it is technically impossible with the set up I started with.

DAY 61 (day 1 BP portrait award)

looking not too bad but there is not much paint on that canvas #lackofconfidence

Ok, so I had the crazy idea to participate in the BP Portrait Award. The deadline is on Monday 21st midnight. The last time I used oil paint was 10 years ago. Let's go.

DAY 60

go to my instagram page to see it full!

I made a second piece while on vacation, and when I was busy painting it I had interactions with the locals and everything has been really positive 😄