Tag: sketch

2015, Other Artworks

Hummingbird Sketch

Miss Escapist

“We are humming the same tune, goodbye my lullaby”

Delain – Lullaby

Delain and I have one thing in common: our love for hummingbirds. I love these little creatures and Delain seem to like them as well as you can find a hummingbird in almost all of their album artworks. I had just bought myself a few new artist pens and wanted to try them. First, I did a rough sketch of the hummingbird with a pencil, then I started outlining with the new pens. After that I got out my paint brushes and started adding splatters of black acrylic paint all over the picture. Last but not least I corrected a few details with the artist pens again and then I was done.

Paper size: A4

Materials: Faber Castell PITT Artist Pens

Time: approx. 1 hour

2015, Other Artworks

A Colourful Experiment

Miss Escapist

“Open your eyes
See through the disguise”

Disturbed – Open Your Eyes

There are those days where I feel the urge to just randomly scribble around without thinking about what I’m doing. Just letting the creativity flow. This artwork came to life on such a day. I was roughly sketching an eye and sent a picture of it to a friend who immediately told me that he’d like to have it. I didn’t mind giving it away as I had only spent 10 minutes on drawing the eye. Nevertheless, the picture felt quite empty and lifeless to me and I didn’t want to leave it in that state. I spontaneously got out my watercolours and started splashing around – and to my own surprise I ended up liking the result (and my friend also liked it). Actually, I had a lot of fun while creating this as it felt so free and easy going.

Paper size: A3

Materials: charcoal, Faber Castell watercolours

Time: approx. 30 minutes

2014, Other Artworks

Tulips – Sketch

Miss Escapist

“In the meadow of sinful thoughts every flower’s perfect”

Nightwish – She’s My Sin

This sketch came to life shortly after my grandma had given me a box of wax crayons as a present. The last time I had worked with wax crayons had been ages ago when I still went to school and I didn’t really enjoy working with them at that time. But as they were a gift I decided to give them a second chance. As I had absolutely no idea what to draw I ended up with the thing that I had right in front of my nose: a bunch of tulips. It’s a rather sketchy and messy drawing and to be honest it didn’t make me want to use that medium more often.

Paper size: A4

Materials: wax crayons

Time: approx. 1 hour

2014, Other Artworks

A Random Falcon Sketch

Miss Escapist

“The age I learned to fly
And took a step outside”

Nightwish – Dark Chest of Wonders

There’s not too much that I can say about this drawing as it was a rather spontaneous sketch. I wanted to practice drawing animals and as I’ve always had a fable for birds I ended up scrolling through Google to look at different images of flying falcons. Then I got out my sketchbook and started drawing. What you can see above is the result of that study.

Paper size: A4

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils

Time: approx. 1 hour

2014, Other Artworks

Angel of Grief

Miss Escapist

“I wish I had an angel
For one moment of love
I wish I had your angel tonight”

Nightwish – Wish I Had An Angel

Part 3 of my Nightwish inspired drawing obsession in spring 2014.

Frustrated by the previous experiences that I had made with drawing Tarja I decided to quit drawing faces for a little while. Instead I took the album cover of Nightwish’s “Once” and used the depicted Angel of Grief as a reference for my next drawing. It’s really more a sketch than a proper drawing and I didn’t spend too much time with it.

Paper size: A5

Materials: Faber Castell blacklead pencils

Time: approx. 30 minutes

Reference photo used for the drawing: cover of the album “Once”