drawing fashion.

stretched out. skinny. body dysmorphia in full effect. the stereotypical model body.

makes me want to work out all day, everyday.
but it makes wonderful illustration.
the wonder of art, hey?

check out illustrator Pippa Mcmanus at workable fixative for more of her work. she loves length in figures, draws high fashion, used splotches of colours but my favourite of hers are when she keeps it simple with black and white. but then again, i'm biased. black and white anything always gets my attention.

.sketchbook diaries: camila do rosario.

Goodness, the pages of this moleskin make me happy. Camila Do Rosario makes me happy.

She mixes fabrics with sketches, layers words and notebook paper with her beautiful drawings and her dainty details make her lines so wonderful to look at.

The vintage feel to her pages. The use of old negatives. The slides, postcards and stamps.

I am absolutely fascinated and captivated... and of course, totally inspired. I can't stop looking at her work.

.art inspiration (Christina Koutsospyrou)

Another deep dig through my inspiration folders only to find another fashion illustrator whose line and colour make me happy . Christina Koutsospyrou is a London based illustrator and her line detail is wonderful. It's delicate, sharp and very dramatic. I also love how her use of colour is very subtle, she doesn't feel the need to over power her lines and I like that she doesn't douse her pages in loads of colour.

Sometimes drawings don't need any of those heavy shadows. I tend to forget how wonderful simple line is.

❤

.fashion and art.

a heels and converse type of girl




sketch by: Lovisa Burfitt

.life drawing for rusty beginners.

I remember how my fingers flowed with willow charcoal sticks. My hands took me through journeys on paper. Ten weeks straight of pure life drawing. I sat in my “life drawing for rusty beginners for ten whole weeks, ten weeks immersed in studying this bodies.  I remember sitting impatiently for the work day to end so I could rush to my evening classes. I remember feeling so free.
I am still on a desperate search of life drawing classes. I wish I knew more about the art scene here and I wish it was as easy as it was in London. Sometimes I feel like my need to be part of an “art community” is superficial. Why do I need this to be the artist I want to be?  And why am I trying to justify the fact that in order to be an artist I must be “in the scene”?  You see, I live for inspiration. Inspiration allows me to create and other artists who surround me allow me to grasp and soak in the inspiration. But perhaps I must first learn that inspiration can come from within, and I myself can be my own inspiration.