Hi dear readers,
I’m so happy with my class. I have already 40 students. I had never expected that. People are enthusiastic.
I wanted to do something relaxing after all the excitement and I found a Carla Sonheim technique that I love. Blob animals. But I saw three times a figure instead of an animal.
This three blobs I didn’t scan before.
Veel liefs, Herma
I surprised myself. A couple of months ago I decided that I want to concentrate on painting and illustrating. For years I wanted to teach but I realized that I didn’t do anything to teach. Only in my head. So no teaching….
I’m a member of Skillshare and I really like this creative community. You can always find a nice lesson and I learned a lot. I made my logo in a lesson.
A few weeks ago there was an email from Skilshare. They liked my projects and asked me to join a teachers challenge in may. I had to publish a lesson before June 1. I was exited and anxious at the same time. I talked it over with friends and family. And I again decided not to do it. (Not the right time)
But they send a mail with an invitation to follow the lessons and then with other deadlines. Every time I got exited and before I knew I was following the class. First just for fun but in the end I really did make a lesson! And after one day I already have 17 students!
Crazy world the internet. I never met them but they are following my class. (I do hope so…)
Is this an example of let go something before it comes to you?
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In the lesson I show you how to draw and paint your own character. I made these two faces. You draw with a marker, paint with watercolor and make interesting hair with gesso.
I would love to see you there!
Liefs Herma
I can’t stop with making patterns….these are made from gelli prints.
This is a chaotic drawing. Drawn by a receipt from Carla Sonheim. I liked to draw, but I don’t like the out come.
I wanted to do something with it. I cut on the computer squares out of the drawing. I chose interesting pieces. Didn’t know what to do with them.
Then I remembered the book Fashion Prints (by Elisabetta Drudi) I took last week out of the book shelf. I wrote about it on Facebook. The book used squares and triangles for patterns. So I tried it with these squares. I used Coreldraw and had a lot of fun. Hard to stop.
Unbelievable how much possibilities there are.
Liefs Herma
PS Levonne gave me a wonderful comment and I tried bigger parts of the drawing for new patterns. Great idea!
This evening I was very excited to use my inspiration box again. So I took my inspiration box and drew three cards (papers). The brayer, a girls head and inktense pencils. (water soluble)
The first girl I drew with ink and I used the brayer on the wet ink. I colored the girl with the pencils and used water to let the colors come alive.
The second girl I draw with the pencils. I made the colors wet and I used gesso on the brayer over the wet colors. With a black marker I made outlines and with charcoal I give the girl a background.
They both look very bored. I’m also not so happy with the result but is was fun to make them.
Liefs Herma
I worked really hard on a second series. Illustrations for 26 haiku’s. I finished them and you will hear more about them. But not now.
It is strange at this moment. I don’t know what to do…
I made a Minimie for the ink assignment by Carla Sonheim.
I wanted to do something just for fun… to relax….so I made a simple pattern. On the computer in Coreldraw and printed it.
I made stamps from Minimie and printed them on sticker paper.
Now I feel more relaxed and ready to go further. I still don’t know what to do…
