"Fred the cute beagle" Traditional art, Watersoutable pencils

                         Technique: 

                       Watersoutable pencils from Faber Castell on Daler Rowney
                       and a little bit of mechanical pencil.0,5 from Mephisto.
                       Heavyweight paper, 210 x 297 mm, 135 ibs.

                      I would really recommend this book by Ann Kullberg
                       if you want  your colour pencil drawings to look really realistic.

                   

                     
                               I love these Faber Castell Watersoutable Colour pencils-they are very
                               good and easy to work with and they're available in
                              book stores such as Notabene in Oslo. They're also quite cheap
                              in my opinion, a box set cost about 379 crowns.

                           You can also get Watersoutable pencils at http://www.dickblick.com/search/?q=watercolour+pencils&x=0&y=0&sp_cs=UTF-8

                            I will not give you a review on them right now becouse I haven't tried
                            Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils yet, but I found a good review here
                            for those who are curious http://www.biffybeans.com/2009/07/review-faber-castell-albrecht-durer.html

                           

You can buy this paper in Oslo from Christ Engebretsen & Søn

             in Pilestredet 27 in Oslo.

and also from http://www.cassart.co.uk/drawing/paper_3/product_type_paper/daler_rowney_heavy_weight_cartridge_pad_220gsm_25_sheets.htm

It is also a good idea to look out for Ebay and Amazon when you want to get good deals

for art materials.

VOGUE-Madonna painting,Mechanical Pencil and charcoal

                     

                             I have wanted to do some fanart of Madonna for a long time,
                             and finally got to do it.
                             I got the idea by mixing a lot of her poses from the Vogue video,
                            and make it a little chat noir style.
                            I ended with making it with mechanical pencil and coal for
                            the background for good contrast.

                           The logo I made myself in Photoshop.

                           Have a good weekend folks!

Polycolour Colour Pencils Drawing: Daughter of Smoke and Bone-Akilla and Karou

                   Title says it all.
                  I worked a lot last week on my colour pencil skills. I'm a huge fan of the
                  Daughter of smoke and bone series and I have made a lot of fan art from it already-
                  and there will be more, both digital art and tradional with colour pencils.

                  Wanna follow me on instagram? My name there is simply leticiahaugen,
                   but I update this blog way more.

                 

The Demon and the Virgin-Isfolket fanart

    Hi guys.

    Dette ukene stykket er inspirert av Ifolket-romaner av Margit Sandemo-
    og i dette tilfellet, romanen "The Demon og Jomfru" også "Våroffer" (jeg vet ikke hvordan
   å oversette den siste-høres bare feil på engelsk.)
   
   -Så jeg plukket opp mitt Derwent Graphics sett, og et par av Lycra Art Design grafitt
    blyanter for skisserer.
    Jeg brukte stort sett bare for å penvils for dette-Derwent Graphic 5B og en billig blyant i 4B
    og bare lagt en liten gul i Photoshop CS5.

    Jeg har også laget en liten bakgrunnshistorie i maleriet-se? ;)

    Jeg elsker norske fairtytales og jeg kommer også fra Hallingdal, som har mange
    historier om mystiske vesener-Jeg får mye av min inspirasjon derfra,
 
   Uansett, ønsket jeg å lage flere tegninger fra disse bøkene og jeg ønsket også å
   gjøre Heike og Vinga fra Isfolket-romaner.
   Dette er ikke en scene fra boken, men jeg hadde litt i tankene når Heike og Vinga
   gjør den skremmende "The Grey People" kom ut.

  Jeg elsker Model kunst og selvfølgelig ønsker jeg å bli bedre på det, så jeg trodde dette var den
  perfekt tid for å praktisere mine ferdigheter. ;)

  Ha en god helg folkens og
  Husk at verden er et magisk sted!

FASHION ILLUSTRATION-dresses, pear shaped women-a complete guide!

                  Fashion illustration No.1 "Red shoes, A-formed dress"

                So, today-here`s something completely brand new.
                I have worked with a teqhnicue which combines traditional grey pencils
                and then painted in Photoshop.

               The idea behind is that I wanted to make fashion illustration especially
               for pear-shaped women.
               I have spent a lot of time researching on the internet and magazines.
               The two first illustrations you see here is what I have been working on
               this week-look below for the complete guide for pear-shaped women.
             
               

             
               
               Fashion Illustration No.2:"Secrets"

             Also, the reason I chose this teqhnicue was becouse I wanted it to look
             a bit more realistic. In fashion illustration you often see these kind of
             figures that just shows the shape, if you are pear-shaped, time-glass etc.
           
            Anyway, if you are a pear-shaped woman, what you should go for is this:

             -A Formed skirts.A-formed skirts or dresses with a high waist
              is always good.
             It gives room for a bit of "junk in the trunk"and hides the part of you
             that you don`t want everyone to see. If you got a bit of a big behind, you
             often  also have big thighs.
            You should also use V-Shaped neck.

             
                -Skirtdresses, and wrap around dresses is also good. Remember that dark
                 colours makes you thinner, so it it wise to use a lighter top with a darker
                 skirt or jeans. You should also  try jackets with shoulder pads as it
                 will help you achive a more time-glass formed body.

                When it comes to jeans, it often is every pear shaped girls nightmare.
                But despair not!   Here is what you do:
                Look for jeans with high-waist. 
                
             

--and back: Look for jeans with BIG pockets. Small pockets actually makes your

butt looks bigger-and with a pear shaped body you often don`t want that.

Also stay out of pockets and jeans with a lot of details if you do not want the attention there.

Again, V-shaped necks and shirts with details help you to get the attention where you want it-

on your upper body!

I hope you liked this guide and please comment if there is anything you wonder about or

   just want to let me know if it helped you:)

I would also like to give a spesific tip: Treat yourself and try on many different jeans

       when you go shopping. Bik Bok has jeans with high-waist, and the new super-flex jeans is

         good for pear-shaped bodies. What you need to think about is also to look

for jeans with stretch.

Happy shopping girls!;)

     

Rock of ages-fanart,mixed media Tom Cruise

                                                            Mixed media.
                                     I took inspiration from a real photograph for the movie,
                                     drew it so closely as I could  with traditional pencils, and then took it into
                                     Photoshop and then mixed it up until I was satisfied.
                                       
                                     Have a good weekend folks!

IGGY AZALEA-TRADITIONAL DRAWING

                                                    
                                                     Used reference photo from
                                                     Vixen magazine.

                                                     I used traditional Rembrandt
                                                     Art Design Graphite pencils,
                                                     just made some small adjustments
                                                     in Photoshop.

                                                    Have a good weekend folks!;)
                                                   

Peacock_Dramaqueen Colour Pencil drawing

                                             Teqhnique
                                             : Cretacolour Artist Studio Pencils,
                                             made on A4 Derwent Heavy drawing paper.