Tag: Sketchbook

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

  • Crafting a sketchbook

    Crafting a sketchbook

    Last week the suggestion of making ones own sketchbook came up. That was a wonderful idea! I had some watercolour and vatman papers in A3 format just sitting in the cupboard, decided to use them both. I cut the sheets into 4 and folded signatures, 2 small sheets per signature and 2 signatures per A3 Read more

  • Reflecting on drawing challenge

    Reflecting on drawing 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 Read more

  • Diving deeper into artsy mode

    Diving deeper into artsy mode

    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, Read more

  • Just drawings

    Just drawings

    You know, working from nine to five is taking up a whole lot of time 🙂 Life happens every day and the window for drawing is really tiny. Still, better small than nothing! Here are my sketches from this week. Read more

  • Anticipating spring.

    Anticipating spring.

    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. 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 Read more

  • Daily sketching

    Daily sketching

    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 Read more

Crafting a sketchbook

Craft

Last week the suggestion of making ones own sketchbook came up. That was a wonderful idea! I had some watercolour and vatman papers in A3 format just sitting in the cupboard, decided to use them both.

I cut the sheets into 4 and folded signatures, 2 small sheets per signature and 2 signatures per A3 sheet. I made 10 signatures for both paper types. Didn’t mind the paper grain, just worked with what I had. After folding the signatures, I left block under pressure, otherwise the sketchbook would be too fluffy.

My initial thought was to make a softbound book. I have some leather scraps I planned to use and sew the signatures through leather. But – softbound doesn’t give any support needed for drawing. Plus, there will be gaps between signatures, which would limit the use of sketchbook. So I opted for hardcover instead.

I used kalingur (sturdy thick cotton) strips for sewing supports. I do have a sewingframe, but these kind of small projects I prefer to make without one. My glue is Sitol, basically PVA, but dries a bit quicker. Note: with PVA you need to be quick, precise and definitely know, what you are doing, otherwise use paste. Dries a lot slower, but allowes to fix errors.

Rounded the back, sewed on headbands and Voilà! the bookblock is ready. For covers I used 1 mm thick cardboard, a little piece of leather for spine and some wallpaper.

And that’s it! My little sketchbook with two types of paper. My mind spiralled on to new ideas – black and white blocks, dos-à-dos and leporello bindings….

Happy,

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!

Lubadused

Art, Craft, Inspiration

Aasta algus toob endaga kaasa uue energia, eks seepärast me kõiksuguseid uusaastalubadusi annamegi. Ma ei teinud elumuutvaid otsuseid, isegi rohkem trenni ei lubanud tegema hakata. Siiski, üldises alustamise tuules tegin omale tööplaani, et pooleliolevad tegemised (loe:kool) saaksid lõpetatud. Siiani on asjad edenenud hästi, olen suutnud oma plaanist kinni pidada ja päris mitmed pisikesed tüütud sabad ära lõpetada.

Kõladega kudumise tööproovid said valmis!

Jaanuari alguses jõudis lõpule minu coachiks saamise teekond. Tegin ära litsentsi eksami ja võin end uhkusega rahvusvaheliselt akrediteeritud coachiks nimetada (ACC ehk Associated Certified Coach)! Ma olen väga õnnelik ja tänulik, et sain sellel teekonnal olla. Coaching on mind inimesena nii palju kasvatanud ja ma olen oma armsate klientide pealt näinud, kui võimsad tööriistad on kuulamine, emotsionaalne toetamine ja pehme nügimine eesmärkide saavutamise suunas. Coachina soovin kindlasti jätkata, vaja on vaid kõva häälega maailmale öelda, et olen siin ja valmis 🙂

Kooli lõpp ja kutseeksam toimuvad millalgi sügisel, ilmselt oktoobris. Tundub, et aega ju laialt. Aga see tunne on lõks, mis lõpeb magamata ööde ja stressipuhangutega, nii palju olen siis elus õppinud. Tahan seekord targem olla, valmis olla, endaga rahul olla. Kuskilt on kõrva jäänud ütlemine, et ei olemas ükssarvikuid, on ainult pühendunud inimesed. Ja teine mõte, mida loomingulist teed alustavatele kõhklejatele korrutatakse – lihtsalt hakka pihta! Looming on protsess, sa võid terve maailma kokku mõelda, aga kuni sa reaalselt midagi tegema pole hakanud, ei vii need mõtted kuhugi.

Mina olen suur mõtleja. Ideid on mul palju, aga tegudeni jõudmine keeruline. Hirmus enesekriitiline olen ka. Üks mu hea sõber ikka muigab, et perfektsionisti elu ei ole kerge.

Nüüd minu otsus või lubadus iseendale – hakkan tegutsema! Hakkan teadlikult kujundama harjumust iga päev midagi joonistada, et mu käsi oleks soe ja mõtted saaksid vormi. Algatuseks ja harjumuse loomiseks alustasin 45 päeva väljakutset ehk võtan iga päev 15 minutit ja visandan midagi oma joonistusplokki. Ja et ennast kuidagi oma lubaduse ees vastutavana hoida, siis jagan seda joonistust oma instagrami lehel.

Start! Päev 1. Kõrv Kalamaja muuseumi seinal

Minu teine lubadus on siin blogis oma tegemistest kirjutada. Ei ole kindlat teemat, rohkem tunnete ventileerimine ja minu kunstnikuks kasvamise teekonna kõhklused ja väljakutsed (sest ma tahan ennast määratleda kunstnikuna, see on ju okei?). Eks näis, kuhu ma välja jõuan 🙂 Luban, et postitan midagi igal pühapäeval. Ma armastan aeglaseid pühapäeva hommikuid kuuma kohviga, arvan, et see on hea aeg nädalale tagasi vaadata.

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Hedvig