Clown versus Human (impatience) valentine fight

I had an idea. I was pretty excited about it; so I started sketching, aaaaand ... it turned out to be quite difficult and demanding (I was NOT happy with the sketches) ... soooo ... my problem-solving brain cells (that I'm generally proud of) started producing an involuntary thought (that I wasn't proud of at all): chuck it! ... pretend it was never there! think of something ... easier ... easier is always better... I had to get up and do something to stop myself... and this is my fight! I will create a proper drawing based on these sketches ... next year ... no! not next year ... tomorrow!

joggling with hearts because it feels nice when they drop in her hands
they are soft, and warm, and fit perfectly

Mr Horse is all about elegance

This is my first ever Monday Artday illustration. I'm still working on the previous challenge (strange food), but when I saw this "I dare you" topic:

Horse With Hands Riding A Bike
A horse is difficult to draw.
Hands are difficult to draw.
Bicycles are difficult to draw.
So to draw all three is just cussing mind blowing.

so they say, ha! (say I, in my "bring it on" voice)

I simply had had had to draw it.
And I did.
And here he is ... in his full glory :)
And he looks great on my desk!
And I'm obviously too much into animals on bikes. There was an elephant, now it's this gentleman, so I guess it's time for a squirl? or a camel? or a bear ... or maybe I should draw a forest bike race! 

reverse

Sam woke up that morning, and things felt a bit strange. It was the day after his birthday, and he did expect things to change now that he's turned 6.
Sam jumped out of his cat's bed, put his shoes on .... his hands, and had a little walk on the chandelier. He knew his parents wouldn't approve that behaviour. His careless tapping around was was always criticized as completely inappropriate and utterly out of order, so he threw his shoes out the closed window, and flew right after them, before the glass had a chance to remembers that it should break.

OK OK, I get it!

sketch 1

Of course, these attacks always catch me off guard, and no matter what I was doing, I have to stop, and play with Their Royal Highnesses: Mr Simon the almighty Cat, and Lady Maja.

Usually, I do a sketch, like this first one, and the next one is on the paper where I'll finish the drawing, where I draw with my pencil, and erase, and draw and erase and so on until I'm happy with it, or until the paper decides it had had enough, and becomes unusable.

sketch 2

This time I tried producing one extra, a bit more elaborate sketch to give myself a chance to make some adjustments, and so I did ... obviously ... but it still feels like a waste of time.

I guess the moment an idea materialises even roughly on paper, it stops being fresh, and I lose interest.

late night kitten

I woke up and found this doodle next to my bed. It feels like someone had left me a present. I completely forgot that I scribbled it last night, desperately hoping to fall asleep.  :)







Starting the day with kittens, tea, Bon Iver and Paris in May!

GOOD MORNING!

Take Away Show #93 _ BON IVER (part3) from Vincent Moon / Petites Planetes on Vimeo.

F1 Kat

Katael Purmacher was never really stressed over any dusty roads.

wouldn't it be great

... if it was spring... or summer ... to go shopping for groceries on a bike

so beautiful

I've spent a big part of the night drawing with my 0.1mm rotring and pale pastel color pencils on small sheets of brown paper, and now, in the daylight, I can see how much my style has changed. Some ten years ago, I used to draw on B0 paper, attached to a wall, because I'd flip any easel. I liked big chunky chalks, and long flowing lines to express movement.
I don't have any of my old drawings, and this is the only photo of any of them that I have, and the only one that still exists, thanks to my good friend, who made me not throw it away. She liked it and so she got it.

Now I miss that feeling of freedom and space that I had drawing back then, but I would never use the same colors.

This morning, I stumbled on an amazing video. It's an animated short, “Thought of You“, by Ryan Woodward. It has everything I love! It's breathtaking.

Don't you think?

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

chicken

This is my illustrationfriday chicken.
I did another drawing a couple of days ago (my previous post), but I liked thinking about chickens, so I didn't post it, to make myself do another drawing.
Chickens are cool :)

winter night

Why are the stars yellow?

first date

I had that phrase going through my head for days... "you're always being so cagey".... I think it must be from some film I've been watching just before falling asleep. I wish I could remember the film.

Dr. Kat

My cat's been feeling a bit poorly these days. He'll be fine, he just had too many visits to his vet, and he's still getting jabs. He hates it. He hates going to the surgery, he hates his vet, and all the nurses.They're amazingly nice to him, and kind and gentle, but he's a wild little tiger, and would not be handled or even touched unless he wants it, especially not by strangers.

It's still breaking my heart to see him meow and complain, so I thought it would be nice to give him back some power and control. This drawing is for him.

just another family

We care about our kitties as if they were human babies.
I wonder ...do they see us as cat parents.

déjà vu

my first drawing on illustrationfriday

raccoons are good friends

breakfast raccoon

dessert raccoon

strange things

Isn't it frustrating ...

When you do something good, and nobody sees you doing it, it's a miracle
BUT
when something bad happens, and you can't prove that you didn't do it...

different worlds

happy insomniac

At night

In the picture, looking from left to right:
Sally, someone who doesn't look like me at all, Cathy and Paula

A friend told me to draw myself at the computer.

I don't look that much like the girl, but they do... I mean .. they do look like them... and they think I don't know they're there, so I pretend not to, but I can see them ... all the time... in the corner of my eye... I wish they'd tell me their names... Until they do, I'll call them (from left to right) Sally, Cathy and Paula... maybe these girly names will finally make them speak up.

Giraffe Family