Category: Art

Drink and Draw

Art

This week I participated in Drink and Draw for the first time. It felt a bit intimitating, all kind of self doubt kicked in. It was intensive, fast, tiring and exhilarating all at the same time. Had a well-earned beer afterwards 🙂

Drawing started with 5 x 2 minute poses, then 5 and 10 minutes and ended with 2x 15 minute poses. These 2-minute poses were so quick! To get some additional practice, I joined DnD patreon page and did some afterdrawings.

Drawing is fun! And life drawing is extra fun. DnD sessions are so laudable. I haven’t done any life drawing for 20 odd years, since graduating art college, and tese events make it easy and accessible again.

Take care,

Hedvig

  • Making zen and Night of Museums

    Making zen and Night of Museums

    Recently I took part from Sketchbook revival online event dedicated to sketchbooking. This week I ran through something similar, but shorter, more concetrated and dedicated to stitching. Making Zen – 5 days, 4 sessions per day and the days patch available only for 24 hours dedicated to slow stitching and embroidery. I watched them all, Read more

  • Little sewing project

    Little sewing project

    Sewing pattern by Ann Wood. Warm and sunny days are here and that has distracted me from making art and craft. Instead I’ve done some gardening and having some nice coctails on the patio. Nevertheless, one project is finished. A crow, made of ties. Quite a challenging pattern, a lot of little details, but thoroughly Read more

  • Crafting week

    Crafting week

    My week off from work has come to an end. I had so many plans, go to summer house and plant some seeds, finish crochet and sewing projects, finish some art projects… The truth is for the first couple of days I just ran errands, cooked and cleaned. By Friday I really felt the vacation Read more

  • Crocheted pouch

    A crocheted pouch for you treasures, free pattern included. Read more

  • Sketching and crafting

    Sketching and crafting

    It’s getting warmer outside and my green fingers a bit itchy. But the more I want to do outside stuff, the less time I actually have for it. For some reason the last couple of months before summer holidays tends to be crazy busy at work. But windowsill gardening is in full swing 🙂 And Read more

  • Whimsical Linda Amalia

    Whimsical Linda Amalia

    Linda Amalia is an artist name for my dear friend and wonderful illustrator Liina. We actually studied textile craft together, but life happened and she began drawing instead. Drawing was an old love of hers and I’m super happy she has reconnected to it, because she is really damn good at it! Her style is Read more

Sketching and crafting

Art, Craft

It’s getting warmer outside and my green fingers a bit itchy. But the more I want to do outside stuff, the less time I actually have for it. For some reason the last couple of months before summer holidays tends to be crazy busy at work. But windowsill gardening is in full swing 🙂 And I’ve done some sketches.

Drawing needs to stay on the back seat for a while, since I’m focusing on finishing my school projects and I just can’t handle doing everything all the time. My big goal is to complete my crocheted tunic by the end of May.

Crocheted tunic design.

Love,

Hedvig

Whimsical Linda Amalia

Art

Linda Amalia is an artist name for my dear friend and wonderful illustrator Liina. We actually studied textile craft together, but life happened and she began drawing instead. Drawing was an old love of hers and I’m super happy she has reconnected to it, because she is really damn good at it!

Her style is whimsical and cheerful, very graphic, which is a great appeal to me. Her drawings also have layers, a deeper meaning or sense of emotion. I totally admire her commitment and habit of daily practice that makes her enviably productive!

Only recently she opened her first exhibition and I was lucky to purchase two of her drawings. The only downside is I have to wait several months before I can hang them on my wall. But good things are worth the wait!

For more drawings and contact visit Linda Amalia’s Instagram.

Reflecting on drawing challenge

Art, Sketchbook challenge

As promised last week, I want to reflect my thoughts on the drawing challenge. It collides a bit with the Sketchbook Revival (SBR) event which has given necessary nudge to elevate my practice.

To start with sketchbooking habit, it hit me, that it’s a totally new thing for me. Despite childrens’ art school and art college, I’ve never sketchbooked. Maybe it’s because during the studies I had to create constantly anyway, but I almost feel missed out for not acknowledging the importance of daily art practice.

Embedding a new habit into your life is hard. However pleasant and fun the habit might be, we are so deeply set in our ways, that you need to make an extra effort to stop the autopilot and really consciously choose to draw. Additionally, I hadn’t drawn for years, what made it even harder to pick up a pencil. But I rembered the feeling of joy and satisfaction I got from drawing in college, so I decided to push through the awkwardness and clumsiness. Now, 45 sketches later, I’m glad and a bit proud of myself. I really feel the joy again, I trust my eye and hand, I allow myself to mess up and experiment.

SBR has pushed me to try different methods and practises. Sometimes I feel like a kid in candystore – I want it all! It’s really educational and eyeopening to work along with other artist.

This is my sketchnote (something I learned in SBR!) to sum up the whole experience.

I will continue sketchbooking. There’s no doubt about it.

Have fun!

Hedvig

Diving deeper into artsy mode

Art, Sketchbook challenge

Spring has arrived! It’s rainy and windy, but crocuses, snowdrops and hellebores are blooming, adding colour to the dull and grey surroundings. The next big step is to switch from winter coat to sneakers and light jacket.

This is my last week of “drawing for 45 days” challenge. It has actually taken 55 days. Also, this is the first week of Sketchbook Revival event, wich I’m very excited about.

Allium bulbs
Thistle stem

SBR is an online sketchbook practice event. Every day for 13 days there are two prerecorded sessions with various artist to have a feel of their different ideas and ways for making art. Absolutely inspiring, eyeopening, playful project! This year the focus is on colour, so their’s a learning curve for me for sure.

Blobs with Koosje Koene and Mike Lowery, SBR’23

One thing I’ve embedded into my practise already is contour drawing. It creates loose, etherial lines which I really like. And I’ve been experimenting with portraits, which is intimitating, but thrillingly challenging as well.

Contour sketch of Koosje Koene, SBR’23
Colourful pencil portraits with Irene Ruby, SBR’23

Next week I’m going to reflect a bit deeper on my drawing and sketchbooking challenge, I feel I need to write it out of my head.

Check my insta and take care!

Hedvig

Anticipating spring.

Art, Craft, Inspiration

Quite a busy week it has been. I’ve skipped a couple of days in my daily sketching challenge, but I did have an extremely good excuse – it was my birthday.

A rose for my dear friend, who also had birthday this week.

I just can’t wait for the spring to arrive! I do understand it’s only March, but still.. I’m so utterly tired of snow, cold and winter clothes. Birds have snuggled away somewhere and trees seem to be frozen in place.

Gran’s sugar bowl
Warm and fuzzy!
Sitting on top of the world!

I’ve done a wee bit of handicraft, a woolen machine knitted plaid is waiting to be pretty. The pattern is inspired by little rocks and grasses growing between them. Emroidery is still work in progress, but there’s not much left to do and soon I can share a photo of the end result!

Rocks on my dogwalk path
Initial sketch of embroidery
Work in progress

Check my Insta!

Hedvig

Daily sketching

Art, Sketchbook challenge

It has been an emotional week. Last Saturday we celebrated our Independence Day and this week it’s elections for Parliament. All media is full of debates, civil and less civil campaign activities. It’s very intense and people’s capacity to tolerate is pushed to the edge. Thankfully it’s going to be over tonight.

Meanwhile I’ve continued my daily doodling practise. A couple of days ago I caught myself thinking it has gotten easier. I struggle less with the lines and overall character of things. Also I sense a habit forming, I just can’t end my day without making some marks on paper.

But theres another thought – is just daily practice enough to improve? I feel there’s some coherence in my drawings, but also that I should do more, do better. And I’ve wondered, is there an afterlife to my drawings, in a sense that are they turning into patterns for example? We’ll see.

I read a book “Show your work” by Austin Kleon and felt inspired and motivated. He emphasises the importance of showing ones work consistantly from early days and sharing the process. So that is what I’m doing – posting here on Sunday mornings and sharing my staff. And hopefully I can figure out my path along the way.

Happy Sunday!

With all the best,

Hedvig

Mõtlen ja joonistan / Think and draw

Art, Inspiration, Sketchbook challenge

Mu pea on mõtteid nii täis, et vahepeal tuleb neid maha laadida ja korrastada, selgust luua. Olen viimased umbes 5 aastat olnud mingis veidras keerises. Tunnen, et vajan muutust, aga ei tea millist; tahan teistsugust elu, aga ei tea millist jne. Mul on vist keskeakriis 🙂 Tänaseks olen enda jaoks sõnastanud eesmärgid, kuhu tahan jõuda, loonud endale selgust ja teen teadlikke pingutusi sihile jõudmiseks. Luban endale protsessi nautimist ja vajadusel eesmärkide ümbersõnastamist. Olen avastanud, et plaani sõnastamine aitab mul fookust hoida ja tegutseda, hoiab mõtted positiivsel poolel.

“Joonistan iga päev” väljakutse on samuti osa protsessist. Mulle meeldib joonistada ja mulle endale tundub, et tuleb päris hästi välja, seega tahan seda oma ellu tagasi tuua. Alguses joonistasin poolsalaja, sest olen oma ebakindluses haavatav, aga julgustav on kuulda, kuidas mu teismeline tütar peaaegu kiidab mind ja pakub teemasid joonistamiseks.

Sel nädalal katsetasin akvarellidega. Pliiatsiga on mul head suhted, aga värvid on minu mugavustsoonist väga väljas. Oh, kuidas mulle meeldis! Need on kiired visandid, viimased 15 minutit enne magamaminekut, aga nii toredad tulid.

My head is so full of thoughts that they need to be downloaded and defragmented to create some clarity. For the last five years or so I’ve been in a weird turmoil. I feel that I need a change, but don’t know what kind, I want to live differently, but don’t know how etc. Maybe it’s a middle age crisis 🙂

For now I’ve figured out the goals I want to reach, created at least some clarity for myself and am making conscious efforts to achieve my goals. I’m allowing myself to enjoy the process and rephrase the preset milestones if necessary. I’ve realized how laying out a plan helps me keep my focus and keeps me actually doing things, helping to keep my thoughts on the positive side.

“Daily drawing” challenge is also part of the process. I really do like to draw and I think I’m pretty good at it, so I want to bring this practise back into my life. At first I kept my drawing semi secret, because I’m very vulnerable in my insecurity, but lately it’s been assuring to hear my teenage daughter almost praise me and she even offers ideas for my drawing!

This week I played with watercolours. I feel somewhat custom with a pencil, but paints are so out of my comfort zone. Boy, I liked it! These sketches are super fast, my last 15 minutes before going to bed, but they turned out really nice!

Linnud / Birds

Art, Sketchbook challenge

Harjumuste kujundamine on ikka keeruline. Lubasin iga päev pliiatsi kätte võtta ja natuke joonistada. Peaaegu on õnnestunud. Mõni päev peab end tagant sundima, aga kui juba asja kallale asuda, siis on täitsa tore.

Eelmisel nädalal joonistasin suvalisi asju, aga sel nädalal otsustasin keskenduda lindudele. Eesmärk on ju jõuda lõputöö kavanditeni ja tundub, et linnud on siin olulised.

Tavaliselt on linnas linde omajagu, aga see hetk, kui tahad neid vaadelda, pole ühtegi. Isegi tuvid ja kajakad on kadunud, üksikud pardid vältisid mind pargis. Õnneks veebis linnufotosid jagub.

Minu linnud peavad läbi tegema metamorfoosi, kasvama üheks inimesega. Ma kasvatan neid aeglaselt, mõeldes üheaegselt nii visuaalile kui tehnilisele teostusele.

Lindnaised sünnivad rahvapärimuses esinenud olendeist.

Rohkem pilte instagramis!

Ikka heaga

Hedvig

Building new habits is ever so hard. I made a promise to pick up a pencil and to draw a little something every day. So far I’ve succeeded, almost. On some days I really need to push myself, but once I get started, it’s actually fun.

Last week I draw random things, but this week I decided to focus on birds. The ultimate goal is to complete a design for my final project at school and I sense that birds have an important part in this.

Any other day, there are plenty of birds to be seen around city, but the moment you want to observe them, there’s none. Even pigeons and seagulls have disappeared, a few ducks clearly avoided me at the park. Well, luckily there a plenty of bird photos online.

My birds need to go through metamorphosis, they need to become one with a human. I grow them slowly, considering both visual and technical aspects.

Birdwomen originate from the creatures described in the folk tales.

More pictures on instagram!

Take care,

Hedvig