Timbered Houses on a Hill

Hi everyone! Wow, this small corner of the internet has really been neglected lately. I'm very sorry! I've had a little creative block these last two weeks, I'm working to get back on track though :) Here's a piece I already finished a while a go but somehow missed to post on here. Thank you to my lovely friend Moritz for supplying the wonderful reference photos, timbered houses are amazing subjects and I look forward to exploring them more in future drawings! (some studies are in order though, it's is quite hard to get them right :O)

Lots of love,

xoxo Alex

Avant Garde Hat

So apart from the fact that the proportions of the face are clearly wrong I like this concept. Maybe I'll revisit it sometime :)

xoxo Alex

Late night sketching

Detailed architectual elements combined with faces more figurative parts is definetely something I would like to explore further :D

xoxo Alex

Rooftops

Tired of christmas cards-so here's the product of 1,5 hours of drawing :) rooftops of Salzburg I believe <3

xoxo Alex

Cloudy Castle

I love that fact that now, in search of something to draw, I don't resort to coffeetable photograph books or the internet-it's actually becoming quite natural to cram my brain for something. I really like that! ;)

Good night!
xoxo Alex

Architectual Experiment

Started this at the busstop :D Just improvising (As you can see from the massive fail concerning the layout :) But for some reason I quite like this style. It is more put together than the ballpoint pen one which is pretty crucial for what I'm trying to do! ;)

So anyways, good night to y'all, exam earlier tomorrow so I need to sleep!

xoxo Alex

Technical difficulties & the blue mosque

I'm so sorry I wasn't able to post yesterday-my photoediting program kept crashing my computer and after the 3rd time I didn't have the patience to keep trying. So, 2 pics for you guys today! ;)

I'm experimenting with buildings right now, I'll tell you why when I'm satisfied with something :D
xoxo Alex

Airplane Doodles the second

Being without a routine it is really hard to remember stuff. I completly forgot about blogpost today for example, even though I've been doing it everyday for ages. It must be all the studying damaging my brain :O

And looking at this drawing, I'm realizing that I can't have been thinking straight-this looks like a round dome seamlessly melting into an angular building...What was I thinking?

xoxo Alex

Airplane Scribbles

I'm early today! Aren't you proud! ;)
This is just one of the airplanes scribbles I did...Looking at it no you can really tell that the dome is not in the right perspective...ah well...

xoxo Alex

Uspenski Cathedral-finished!

I'm so sorry guys for not posting the last few days-it has been a crazy week so keeping the routine is really hard.
But anyway, here is the finished Uspenski Cathedral! I can't find the pen I mainly used in the ink one, but I really wanted to finish a drawing of it, so here is the ball point pen version :)

Furthermore, I will actually be going to Finland for the next few days, so you will have the pleasure of seeing Christina's Art again who will be guest posting :)
Lots of love and see you Thursday!
xoxo Alex

Uspenski Cathdral-Shading

I tidied up today :) and now I can't find the pen with the right thickness anymore so I could only do some more shading today...XD

I wonder what this will look like when the whole cathedral is done! *.*
xoxo Alex

Uspenki Cathedral-fineliner

Different medium, also mainly free handed sketches :D With some parts the perspective is messed up-I really have to work on that, but I kind of like it like this as well....XD

xoxo Alex

Uspenski Cathedral-preliminary sketches

I googled Finland today because I'm going there soon and I fell in love with this cathedral. I'm definitely going to make something out of this, it is soo cooooool!

Preliminary sketching in pen is pretty nerve racking :D but relaxing too-you really have to concentrate when you put down lines, but when you have done so you know exactly that you can't change them so you just work with what you have. Definitely and interesting process :)

xoxo Alex

Galeries de Lafayette

This is part of the roof of the Galeries de Lafayette in Paris. Pretty awesome. It is basically a huge fancy shopping mal and even if you don't like shopping (or like me, you can't afford all the expensive stuff sold there :O) it is still worth a visit just for the dome :)

This was a christmas present too by the way ;)
xoxo Alex

The dome finishied piece!

The laaast piece is done! :D all pieces for the exhibition are dooone! :D Can't wait to show you guys how awesome they look next to eachother when they are hanging ;) Photos will come on Saturday! (if I don'T forget my camera again like last time :D)

Honestly I'm glad it's done. :) Now I can sleep :D

xoxo Alex

The dome

So the plan is in action-the outlines, are done, now just some finishing touches tomorrow on the shading and the last piece for the exhibition is doooone! :D (just in time XD )

THe thing at the top is my laptop by the way :D didn't realize it was in the picture until it was too late! :O

see you tomorrow!

xoxo Alex

The dome pt 3

It's coming together! I can't believe it-I think it'll actually be done on Sat! :)
But I'm working two projects at the moment, very exciting one coming up later this week as well! :) Can't wait to share it with you guys! 

 

So the plan is-finishing the line work tomorrow and then shading the day after and then on Friday just some finishing touches! :D

xoxo Alex

The dome part 2

Worked on it during drawing class :D Thank goodness. Otherwise I would never be finished on Saturday!

Now I have like one window everyday and then I'm done on Thurs! Yaaay! 

xoxo Alex

The dome

So third piece of the series is on the way :D It has to be done by saturday so I'm a tiiiny bit underpressure, but it'll work :D

I'm not actually, what dome this one is. I took the photograph I have it from on  one of the "bateau mouge" boattrips, and there were all kinds of cool buildings on to the left and to the rght so I knd of lost track XD

xoxo Alex

Architectual drawing pt 4

It is done! :D I really loved working with pastels again after such a long while :D It is really fun because mixing and blending is so easy (blending is something I've really missed since starting to use pen so much..) :D

xoxo Alex