Jan. 30 Sketch

Jan. 30 Entry

Mwah!
Pencils

Jan. 29 Photo

Jan. 29 Entry

I work out at home. This is my set up. Well, it is really small because my apartment is small. Step is my absolute favorite workout style! :D I do workouts from all over YouTube but primarily with realfit.TV.

Jan. 28 Sketch

Jan. 28 Entry

Mr. Toucan appears again!

Watercolor pencils

Jan. 27 Photo

Jan. 27 Entry

Stained glass from the church across the street.

Jan. 26 Sketch

Entry for Jan. 26

For all intents and purposes a very skinny Totoro.

Watercolor pencils

Jan. 25 Sketch

Jan. 25 Entry

Another toucan.

Prismacolors

Jan. 24 Sketch

Jan. 24 Entry

Toucan
The paper ripped under his bill!

Watercolor pencils

Jan. 23 Sketch

Jan. 23 Entry

A bit of an 80s vibe.
I messed up the eyes. The paper was still wet when I tried to outline in black and it just bled through the whole eye :(
Watercolor pencils

Jan. 22 Sketch

Jan. 22 Entry

Elderflower
Pencils

There is a delicious cocktail in Germany called the "Hugo" which contains elderflower liqueur. I wonder if it has an English equivalent?

Jan. 21 Sketch

Jan. 21 Entry

Die Katze im Sack kaufen.
See explanation here.

Pencils.

Jan. 20 Sketch

Jan. 20 Entry

I spent the whole day debugging nasty code so my brain is mush now. No complex things please.

Jan. 19 Sketch

Jan. 19 Entry

Fat Puppy
Prismacolors don't blend well :/

Jan. 18 Sketch

Jan. 18 Entry

Random girl

Watercolor pencils 

Jan. 17 Sketch

Jan. 17 Entry

My breakfast. The typical German Laugenbrötchen.

Pencils

Jan. 16 Sketch

Jan. 16 Entry

My boyfriend has a Facebook group dedicated to German idioms and sayings. If you want to find out about this one, go read it here. It's supposed to be a shaking torch if you are totally confused.

Prismacolors, watercolor pencils

Jan. 15 Picture/Recipe

Jan. 15 Entry

Well, last night I met a girlfriend and got drunk so the sketch I made is not worth putting up. So I am putting up a picture of tonight's dinner. If you are curious, a recipe is included.

Chickpea Zucchini Soup

Ingredients:

• Half a can of chickpeas
• Half a zucchini (cut to small slices)
• Cherry tomatoes (5-6)
• Half a red bell pepper
• 200 ml of water
• Salt
• Basil
• Pepper
• Chili powder
• Tablespoon of olive oil

Directions:

1.  Put everything in the pot, heat till it is boiling lightly
2.  Bring the heat down, simmer for 10 minutes
3.  Put contents into blender. Blend lightly (I have no puree stick)
4.  Put back in pot, simmer for 5-10 more minutes
5.  Eat with a nice hard-crusted bun. 

Woohoo!

Jan. 14 Sketch

Jan. 14 Entry

Ugh. Total fail. It was supposed to be Cara Delevingne... Like I said, I have to work on faces.

Prismacolors, watercolor pencils

Jan. 13 Sketch

Entry for Jan. 13

 My eraser didn't want to do its job.

Pencils

Jan. 12 Sketch

Jan 12. Entry

A new year's resolution of mine is to drink more water. Here is a 1.5L bottle.

Pencil

Jan. 11 Sketch

Jan. 11 Entry

I like camels, llamas, alpacas, etc.

Prismacolors, watercolor pencils

Jan. 10 Sketch - Yuck

Jan. 10 Entry

My boyfriend normally takes out the bio waste but on this day I decided the waste bucket was too full and did it myself.

I was greeted with a horrible surprise. The bottom left and the whole side lining of the bucket was covered in threadlike green mold. The bottom right had this egg-like bulbous jelly that was yellow and white. It was absolutely DISGUSTING!!!! :(

Prismacolors

Jan. 9 Sketch

Jan. 9 Entry

I had received Tommy's Christmas present in the mail so I tried out the new sketchbook and the prismacolors. I have a full set of prismacolors back in Canada so I am really happy to be using them again in Germany.

Jan. 8 Sketch

Jan 8. Post

Blurry...
While listening to the news of the terrorist attacks in France...

Watercolor pencils

Jan 7. Sketch

Jan 7. Entry

Random Squares (I guess I should say Rectangles)

Watercolor pencils

Didn't feel motivated to make an effort. Or you can say it's high modern art.

Jan. 6 Sketch

Jan 6 Entry

My dinner - Maultaschensuppe

Pencil, watercolor pencils

Maultaschen is South German ravioli. I used to think they were nothing special but lately I am addicted! The fish maultaschen served at the lunch cantine is horrible though... (it should only be veggies and/or pork!)

Jan. 5 Sketch

Jan. 5 Entry

Winnie the Pooh

Based on Stickers produced by Line.

Watercolor pencils

Jan. 4 Sketch

Jan. 4 Entry

Beautiful dress from Saudi shopping site

Pencil, Watercolor pencil

Her face is totally creepy. I need to practice drawing faces. :(

Jan. 3 Sketch

Jan. 3 Entry

Right in front of me.

Watercolor pencils

Jan. 2 Sketch

Jan 2. Entry

Cheetah

Watercolor pencils, pencil

Jan. 1 Sketch

Jan. 1 Entry

Katherine Parr (based off reference painting)

Watercolor pencils, gold and silver ink, pencil, ink

I found out that my current moleskin sketchbook does not handle water at all.

Welcome to my art/inspiration blog!

Welcome to my art/inspiration blog!

It's been admittedly a long time since I have maintained any sort of writing, so I hope this space will be something active and long-lived.

My Resolution for 2015 is to make something creative every day. This will primarily take the form of sketches but may include writings, computer graphics, photos, etc. The purpose is not to display something perfect all the time (I will be first say any constructive criticisms and would welcome them from you) but to keep being creative.

Coincidentally I received a belated Christmas present this week from Canada from my friend Tommy! Among the things he gifted me with is a compact sketchbook, pencils, and Prismacolors. Wonderful!!!

Let's get those creative juices flowing!