Introducing Stationery

I can't tell you how excited I am that I have this new section in my collection: stationery! I already had prints available, but I'd like to make the section a bit larger than it is now. Two designs were printed and turned into a notebook: my brown bear and my newest illustration featuring a blue rabbit and its home. This illustration has also been made into a time lapse video which you can find at the end of this post!

Both notebooks come in two sizes: A6 and A5. Before placing my print ordered, I asked around as to what size is used most often and the answers were so different each time. Having both sizes available felt best. A6 is commonly used as a pocket notebook to quickly write down ideas, sketch something small or when you don't want to carry a lot of weight with you. A5 on the other hand is used for writing down full projects, doing sketchwork either for that project or for larger practice or to use as an art journal.

I personally use both sizes myself. A6 to carry around with me or to sketch out ideas and A5 for larger drawings/illustrations. Though, lately I tend to stick with A6 and work on loose paper for the final illustration.

To me it was important that the pages of the notebook were of good quality and recycled, which I managed to find! The recycled paper is 80gsm and is slightly off white - a favorite of mine to work on with (colored) pencils.

And here's the video I mentioned earlier. I enjoyed making it so much and I have plans to make more in the future.

Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Eva

A Bow Series

It's been a while since I've made a post here, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy. I am still drawing and making illustrations. So today I'm sharing a small series I've been working on. I'm not sure yet how far I'll go with the amount of illustrations or if I'll ever go into detail about the story behind it. But I'm truly enjoying it and seeing where it goes works just fine for me. Each illustration went through some sketching and study work before it was made into an original piece.

The ginger cat, the deer and the forest are all available as prints now.

A New Addiction.

• Time Lapse Drawing #2 · Bat •

• Time Lapse Drawing #3 · Elephant •

• Behind The Scenes #1 · The Bear Pouch •

I might have to admit that I have a new addiction: video making. I've been really enjoying the process of building up my own Youtube channel and I hope you're enjoying watching the videos I've been making so far. On my channel, I mainly want to focus on my illustration. I've been filming mainly time lapse videos. In order to have a bit of variety among my feed, my latest video shows a peek behind the scenes of how the bear pouch became what it is right now. It all feels so new, but I'm having so much fun!

If you have a suggestion of what you want to see next, just let me know! Make sure to subscribe to my channel to stay up to date!!

Ready for Fall

Since fall started yesterday - and I'm a huge fall fan - I'm sharing this sketchbook drawing today. I've been really into drawing leaves lately and I'm afraid this is going to be one of many. I can already imagine using this as new (fabric) pattern. Hopefully you're excited to see more!

Sketchbooks

I really love drawing frames. Quite often, I tend to draw these frames in advance - at random pages - and keep them empty until I figure out what to put inside. For this frame, I picked the swan I drew for my weekly challenge and added some leaves. The drawing came out really nice and I'm thinking of turning this one into a new necklace piece!

As for the other drawing I'm sharing today, that's from an older sketchbook. I figured I don't often share old work, despite it being an important part of my current style. The sketchbook page you're seeing is made in 2010! It seems so long ago.


> > I've also got some exciting news: I opened a society6 store! There are - at the moment - 4 illustrations available. I want to have a couple more added by the end of the week. The illustrations look so nice as different types of products. Make sure to have a look!

Animal Tuesday // week 10 to week 18

Yesterday I posted the drawing for week 19 of Animal Tuesday on Instagram. This also means it's time to have a small recap and share some details of the last 9 weeks. The weekly challenge is getting more and more interesting each week. There are still a lot of animals I want to draw! If there's an animal you'd like to see on a Tuesday, just let me know. Getting requests is one of the fun parts of this challenge.

Flowers and Dashes

· • There are two colors almost always present in whatever I draw: green and blue. I'm also a sucker for stripes, dashes and dots. I incorporate them a lot as details in my work, but they serve as background often too. That's why I came up with this dashed watercolor pattern to serve as a new design for my coin purses. I received the swatch fabric this week and it came it so, so well. I just had to sew it together as soon as I could. It's already listed in my shop! In the meantime I'm working on new prints and designs. In the near future, I'll add new postcards and I'll hopefully be able to introduce larger prints. • ·

Animal Tuesday // week 01 to week 09

It's been such a long time since I've made a post on my blog, but this doesn't mean I haven't been around! Like I said in so many other posts, I'm active on Instagram and a couple of weeks ago I started a weekly challenge in order to push my illustrative skills and to force myself to make more time for drawing. This is how Animal Tuesday was born. Each week I draw a new animal and I share it on Tuesday. In this post I want to take a moment to recap the first 9 weeks and share some details of the drawings. I'm at week 12 now and still going. I never knew how much effect this challenge would have on me, but I feel like I'm growing. I'm trying out new techniques and learning so much!