✧ My Painting Process ✧

Hi there!
some of you asked me to show my painting process with a video...unfortunately I've got the worst camera in the universe...so It's impossible for me to take a video like that...
so, I've decided to make a photo-documented post to show you how my art is generated...

      ✧ My Painting Process ✧        

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✏ first of all, before I start working to a new painting, I've to find the inspiration and generate the basic concept of my work...

so I make a sort of "inspiration wall" with all the images that are going to influence my creative process...

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then I organize my working space...

...with all that I need to start my work: watercolor paper, watercolors, colored pens, various kinds of markers, different sized uni-posca, brushes and a good tea...

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after I figured the basic concept in my mind, I draw the basic lines on the paper...

and I start the coloring phase... I always start by painting the skin tone of the face....

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to make the patterns I usually make a paper template to help myself...

then I retrace the template's outline in the paper...

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at last I retrace the outlines with a black fine marker... and my painting is finally done!!!

✦ cat lady ✦ , lOll3 (2014)

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...now I want to share to the world that I've finally reorganized my tools!!! and now they finally have a new home!!! wiiii!!!

hope that this post has been interesting! ^_^ ... I also hope to be soon rich and famous to afford a new camera!!!    (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ wiii!!! 

last works + news

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hi ! ^_^ this was a really really inspiring period! and I'm really happy of this, hope it never ends!

anyway, I've decided to write a post about my last paintings and inspirations... I don't know if it would be interesting or not...

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(pinterest, tumblr, lime crime, teevee dinner, kyary pamyu pamyu ...)

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Prom Queen ϟ 2014

Orange Fluffy ϟ 2014

Lunapark ϟ 2014

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I'm taking a part (as a sponsor) in a collective giveaway on facebook, for the facebook page Pastel ∇ Goth ∇ Sparkle ∇ Gold...these are the prizes that I've offered:

... but there are a lot of other super cute stuff up for grabs...click here to see them all...follow these rules and join in everybody!!!

g a l a x y

hi little space invaders! some times ago a girl asked me how to draw a galaxy...
so here is my ✧ ･ﾟ:* "galaxy tutorial"*:･ﾟ✧  ! yay!

so let's start the tutorial!!
1. what I need?

✧ a leaf of watercolour cotton paper
✧ blue and purple watercolours (I've decided to blend only two colors, but the galaxy has a myriad of shades)
✧ white acrylic paint, withe uni-posca and white fine pen.
✧ brushes of different sizes

2. lets draw the base:

initially, I've diluted the two watercolours with a bit of water, so that the color appears darker and full... I've painted the paper with a large brush, alternating blue and purple blots...
when I've painted a first wipe, I've diluted the colors with more water and I've painted a second wipe on the paper creating some "water blot"... in this way I've reached the blend effect...

3. when the base is finally dry...

 It's time for drawing stars... if you are able and accurate you can use a super fine brush and the acrylic paint... or you can use a white unipisca (that is an acrylic paint marker) and a white fine pen...

4. first the bigger stars...

first I've drawn some "big" spots with the uniposca, almost distant one from the others...

5. little stars...

 after the big stars, it's time for the smaller ones... with the white fine pen I've drawn a lot of little points around the bigger ones...

6. some shining stars...

if you want you can add some shining stars to confer more sparkle at your galaxy...

✧ ･ﾟ:* now your galaxy is finally done! ready for every kind of space adventures!! *:･ﾟ✧ 

if you've liked this tutorial you can also check this one: how to make a galaxy badge(it's in italian, sorry... T_T'')

xoxo

I'm back!!

Hi Sweeties! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ I'm finally back!!! wiiiiiiiii!!! this is the first post after a lot of time and there are some big news to share... ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

▲ first of all I've decided to try writing my next posts in english (this is definitely not my mother language, so please be patient if my english in not perfect >_<)... I've thought that some of my followers aren't italian, so maybe in this way it could be easier to chase my posts…

▲ second news: me and my boyfriend moved in a new home!!! it's a really small apartment, and this is not practically a palace…. but it's our first love nest and I literally adore it!
this is a new experience for me, so I've tough that it could be funny to talk about it…^_^
the dream of my life it's to leave this place and go abroad, I'm fortunate because i can do my job everywhere but to do it I need more incentives and inspirations… and unfortunately the country where I actually live it's beautiful but it's really "antiquated" and narrow-minded…and here my job isn't completely considered a real job, and I don't have many opportunities to realize my ambitions…
but this is a lovely starting point and an exiting adventure ^_^ wiiii…this is my crib:

 

▲ other news: I can't really live without cats in my life, and leaving my lovely furry friends has been so painful (although i moved just a few kilometers from the house where i grew up >ヮ<) …so  since we arrived in the new home we started searching a little kitty to adopt… and a few weeks ago she's finally arrived!!!! her name's hedwig (like harry potter's pet Snowy Owl)…she's the most cutest cat that I've ever seen…she's white (and pink^^) with big blue eyes and a lovely little face, she looks like a smaller and cuter Falkor… she's a bit crazy and also super sweet….she follow me everywhere and always want a lot of cuddles …this is really the sweetest thing in the world…

▲ then, I finally bought a smartphone… I'm not really suitable at this kind of things (I'm a bit scared about technology and I've always a lot of problems using it)…but I really need it because of my job…so…welcome in twentieth-century lolle!! wiiii! naturally, I immediately started to turn it in a tribute of pinkness !!! I'm a bit obsessed about this color ^_^  (now I'm on instagram [l0ll3_]!! wiiii)

▲ in the last period I was really really creative and productive… I've made a lot of new stuffs for my shop and I've drawn all the time!!! and I've got a lot of new ideas and projects and I really hope to have the time to do all what's on my mind…hope this inspiring period never ends!!!! ∩(◕ヮ◕)∩

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ϟ hallowino ϟ

anche quest'anno ottobre è giunto al suo termine ಥ_ಥ... e così anche halloween... tristezza infinita... (╥﹏╥)

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ma almeno avrò millemila foto a testimonianza della gioiosa giornata e dell'annuale cenetta spiritella... ♥  ♥  ♥

che dire, tanti cibi pazzerelli, vino, scheletrini, scope volanti, film spaventoselli, pipistrelli e tanta felicità per me ... vorrei che fosse halloween tutti i giorni del mondo!!! wiiiiii!!!! ♥

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approfitto della gioiosità momentanea per propinarvi l'ennesima televendita per il mio ♥ etsy shop ♥ ...

lo spirito halloweeniesco mi è stato di ispirazione, così ho dato vita a simpatici adesivelli stregoselli:

simpatici eh? poi dovete anche considerare l'infinita gioia (e danni agli occhi permanenti) che comporta ritagliare millemila adesivelli a mano... yuppi!! ♥

alla prossima avventura!