Our SVS Virtual Studio MAY 2020 🌸

[mikorad]

@Coreyartus These are so much fun! Just followed you on IG so I can keep up. The layering of textures creates a lot of drama and I'm finding this a fresh take on the alphabet.

[Kevin Longueil]

This is redo of a piece from an unfinished project....Anyone who has been on the forums for a few years will be quite sick of my OZ stuff by now i'm sure but i have not touched it for quite a while - i got stuck on Glinda and then decided my older work in the series was not so good....i stopped checking my website too - recently i looked at my work and thought .."hey, these aren't too bad" - so i thought i would try again to finish the project

Possibly Finally finished Glinda

[alisa]

I really wanted to share this little piece I did in my sketchbook today!

[korilynneillo]

@alisa I'm loving all these characters SO MUCH!! They're so sweet and precious - I can't wait to see what other adventures they go on.

[Heather Boyd]

Just popping on quickly to say my Art of Up and Art of Brave, bravely came ashore from Great Britain. We were expecting it to come from California -who knew! I just open up Up and I am reading and gazing endlessly one page at a time and not looking ahead. Brave is still wrapped up.

Also if you guys don't know, today is the first day, apparently of International Tea Day!!!! So have a cup of tea today and maybe tea with the live video if that's still on today.

[jdubz]

Last mermay piece I'll be able to do I think. Kinda went more fantastical on this with gills and a more underwatery creature than normal girl with a tail kinda thing.

[bradyblack]

@demotlj I LOVE these birds!!!!!

[demotlj]

@bradyblack Thank you so much. Painting birds has been a real help for me when I can't seem to find the creative energy to do an entire illustration.

[alisa]

@korilynneillo Thank you SO much for your sweet message!!! It made me smile loads:)

[alisa]

Everyone wanted to come along!

[burvantill]

I’ve been practicing digital stuff in procreate whenever I get the chance. maybe in a couple months I’ll be comfortable enough with it to start putting stuff in my portfolio.

[chrisaakins]

@burvantill I love procreate. It is so intuitive and natural.

[burvantill]

@chrisaakins it is! Sometimes I feel like I’m back in college painting with oils again. But without the horrendous mess. And smell. Lol.

[xin li]

a bunch of pencil drawing, traditional and digital pencils. What is your go-to tool for pencil drawings?

[Heather Boyd]

@xin-li These are delightful! I generally gravitate to traditional. But when I was using Corel essentials I loved their pencil.

[burvantill]

@xin-li i love these.
I have a mechanical Pentel pencil that is rubber banded to my sketchbook. I’ve had it for decades. If it ever breaks I’m going to be very unhappy.

[chrisaakins]

I am gonna try and draw every day this summer. I asked my Facebook friends and family to send me free photo references and I would use the drawing techniques I am reviewing on SVSlearn to draw them and they can feel free to share them.
Here us today's WIP:


And the finished work:

[StudioLooong]

I found a vintage picture of a little girl standing on a crocodile and was inspired to illustrate my own take:

[korilynneillo]

@StudioLooong

This is so lovely! It made me laugh so much, thank you for creating it!

[ajillustrates]

@xin-li These are fantastic! My go to pencil for sketching is a simple HB, because I can keep it light and cut down on smudging, since most of my drawings will be inked over and cleaned up after the drawing is done.