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Michaela Majce

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Another one from the two life drawing sessions ins

Another one from the two life drawing sessions inspired by the works of George Grosz with the amazing Emily Metalskin.

This one was done with my 6mm Pilot Parallel Pen and watercolors.

Thanks for being such a great muse, Emily, and thanks for organizing those awesome sessions, Judith! 🙂😘😘😘

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Two from another Zoom life drawing session last we

Two from another Zoom life drawing session last week, this time with Angelica, @angel_the_dandelion in a session hosted by @helenroetenlifedrawing. Our artist of inspiration was Marlene Dumas. Thanks so much for the very inspirational and enjoyable evening, Helen and Angelica! 😊😘😘😘

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I'm just so lazy with posting, well, more like wit

I'm just so lazy with posting, well, more like with taking pics of my paintings first. 😉 So, here's one from a life drawing session with Margo @bodytoshine who was our fabulous model in a Maria Lassnig inspired session with @artmakessenselife. It was a great session, lots of fun. 🙂 Thanks again, Helen, Margo, and Michel for that inspiring evening! 😘😘😘

Had to think what I used for this one. 😁 It was Neocolor II crayons, my Pilot Parallel pen with grey sketch ink Thea, liquid charcoal and watercolor for the background.

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Last week I also joined a life drawing session wit

Last week I also joined a life drawing session with London Drawing. The wonderful Daryl Hembrough was our modle. I'll also post more from this session in the next days. For the moment I'll give this last pose. The tattoo on his arm is a portrait of his grandparents. Loved this pose. Heck, loved the whole session! 🙂

I used my 6mm Pilot Parallel pen filled with Platinum black carbon ink and some Neocolor II crayons from Caran D'Ache for this painting.

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This weekend I joined two life drawing sessions in

This weekend I joined two life drawing sessions inspired by the works of George Grosz with the amazing Emily Metalskin. Thanks for being such a great muse, Emily, and thanks for organizing those awesome sessions, Judith! 🙂😘😘😘

I'll post more from these sessions. This one was done with laying down the watercolors first and then adding some contours with my Platinum Preppy fountainpen, filled with Platinum black carbon ink.

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Another one from the life drawing session with @he

Another one from the life drawing session with @helenroetenlifedrawing hosting Nasim last Wednesday. I didn't get to finish that one during the session, so I did on the weekend. Pentel and Kuretake Brushpens, Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels, Daniel Smith watercolor sticks, watercolors, and color pencils on an A3 180g sketch pad - which is not actually meant for watercolor. But it holds out fine. Oh and some white Edding paintmarker, for the highlights.

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Spent a marvellous and inspiring afternoon at the

Spent a marvellous and inspiring afternoon at the @leopold_museum today. 😊 Egon Schiele is one of my fav artists and a huge inspiration. The Leopold Museum has the biggest collection of Schiele paintings - pretty awesome! 🙂

#egonschiele #EnergiefürKunst #leopoldmuseum

One from the life drawing session with @helenroete

One from the life drawing session with @helenroetenlifedrawing hosting Nasim last Wednesday. Pilot Parallel pen filled with Thea sketch ink from Rohrer & Klinger, a lovely warm grey, Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels, and Daniel Smith watercolor sticks (I think. I used them on other drawings that day, can't say 100% if that one was amongst them.) on an A3 180g sketch pad.

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So I registered for the Adobe MAX conference this

So I registered for the Adobe MAX conference this year. Wasn't aware that registering early would enter me into their swag sweepstakes. When I got a mail I won a t-shirt I was extremely wary, I work in IT in real life, so I know how common phishing attempts are. 😉 Turns out the mail was real and I could seriously choose a shirt of the six designs they had done. Yesterday it arrived, yeah! 😊 Thank you @adobecreativecloud & @realthread! And of course @naandeyeah for the super cool design. 🥰 They asked to take a selfie with the shirt and tag it #AdobeMAX. That's why you get the rare chance to see some of my digital selfportraits, reference pics as I usually call them. 😉 I made lots of them, most of them using Snapchat, to add a little fun. 😉 The last one is a normal one, no sassy filters. The second to last I added remembering that the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest a few years ago with a beard like that. Her song wasn't bad either, but the Dutch entry was better. Not sure if I could win something else by posting and tagging those pics, but I think I should. May Conchita's blessings be with me! 😇🙏😉😂

Ok, now let's get to the artsy part that I just thought of. If any of you likes, feel free to create some #drawthisinyourstyle #dtiys artwork inspired by them. Just tag me and add the hashtag #DrawMichaelaInHerAdobeMAXSwag. I might do so as well. 😉 I guess I now have to add that hashtag to the pics before posting. Oh my! I hope at least one of you heeds the call so I won't have edited them for nothing. 😂😂😂

#adobe #adobemax2021 #naandeyeah

Friday was an amazing autumn day here in Vienna, b

Friday was an amazing autumn day here in Vienna, blue skies, not too warm, the kind of weather that makes all colors pop. So I strolled through the inner city a bit and took some pics. Sunday I painted this little scene inspired by some of the pics of Vienna's Ruprechtskirche, the oldest church we have here. It's from the 8th century, not very big, Roman style.

The lining was done with my Platinum deskpen, extrafine nib, filled with Platinum black carbon ink, coloring with various brands of watercolors, mostly used the Roman Szmal ones for that. The paper is one of my @smltarts watercolor #haikucards, 100% cotton postcards.

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One from the life drawing session with Artmakessen

One from the life drawing session with Artmakessenselife hosting the fabulous Inky inspired by the art of Kara Walker. At the session I started too big and had to split the pose in two drawings. Tried again yesterday. White pencil, white Artgraf chalk, and Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels on black watercolor paper.

Why are there 3 pics in this post? Cause I'd like to talk about taking photographs of your art and the difficulty of getting the colors right. 😉 The first one, I edited to get the colors as close as possible to what the original looks like when I look at it in daylight. It is pretty dark. It's on black paper after all! The second pic is the unedited daylight photo. The whites are way too emphasized. And the third one was the one I took yesterday night, after I'd finished. The camera app had a field day in interpreting what hit its sensor. 😂 I like the intensity of the colors reflecting the warm light of the lamp, but it's not what you see with your human eyes. So, what this made me think about is that in some cases I prefer the digital interpretation of an analogue piece over the original. If I was to do something with this pic, make prints for example, I think I'd go for the last version. Or maybe even edit it some more. What do you think? How do you handle photographing your work? Do you try to make the Insta version look brighter, better, or as close to the original? And what if you're going to use the pic for some digital purpose, prints, merch, whatever? How far do you go in editing it then? I'd like to hear of your experiences. 🙂

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Yesterday I made some walnut ink! Been collecting

Yesterday I made some walnut ink! Been collecting husks on my walks last weekend and finally got to cooking them into something to paint with. 😊 It's the first time I tried to make ink or handmade colors of some form, so there is lots to discover and learn still, but for the first try I'm happy.

Let the husks simmer for about half an hour, then soak for several hours while I did my shopping and stuff. The I squeezed them through an old dish towel. Bought some coffee filters to filter them again. The rest of the liquid, about 400 ml I cooked at the lowest heat for an hour or so with some gum arabic and sorbic acid. When I poured it in my measuring cup, about 160 ml were left. I had bought those cute little glasses. Mixed some isopropyl alcohol in (10% I read) and filled then. Three were full and the last one about a third. Added some water to rinse the thick fluid from the measuring cup and added that to the last glass. That mix is a bit lighter now of course. I hope it won't go bad. But the sorbic acid and alcohol should prevent that.

With a dip pen and brush it's nice to use. I filled some in one of my Pilot Parallel pens too, but the scribbles I made with that are much lighter and it's hard to write and draw with it. Added a drop of glycerin to the cartridge which helped a bit, but compared to normal inks I don't like it in the pen. I'll make a drawing with that later to show you. For now I gotta clean up the mess I made yesterday. 😂😂😂

#walnutink #makeink #makepaint #naturalpigments #wildpigments #homemadeink #homemadewalnutink #naturalink #makingink #inkmaking #artistsoninstagram #igersaustria #igersvienna #experimentsinart #afpaotw #walnusstinte #brouxdenoix #foragescolor #tintemachen

The September @Scrawlrbox had some really cool mat

The September @Scrawlrbox had some really cool materials inside. I don't really use charcoal and graphite that often, cause it's a pretty messy medium, but I like them. Certainly shoud play around with them more. 😉 I already did one of the selfportraits of my Create Repeat x7 challenge with the materials of the box, yet, that wasn't the theme of the ScrawlrChallenge. So I definitey wanted to do another one for "Dramatic Landscapes". When I looked through Bernard Sombret's weekly collection of Draw This in Your Style Challenges, I came across #kathysspookychallenge (inspired by a photo from the wonderful John Plashal @johnplashalphoto) perfect for both #dtiys and #scrawlrchallenge! 🙂

I might do it again, with my usual mediums, pen and watercolors, maybe the Derwent Graphitints. This one though is done only with stuff from the box, Derwent charcoal and graphite sticks, Faber Castell Pitt Graphite Matt pencils, and for the white, a Goldfaber pencil and a Viarco Artgraph tailor shaped chalk. All on A5 denim coloured PaintOn paper from Clairefontaine.

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Post 4. Loved this Wednesday's life drawing sessio

Post 4. Loved this Wednesday's life drawing session with Artmakessenselife hosting Byuka @a.werewolf.muse. Even though I was totally overwhelmed by the amazing poses and all the props. Had to concentrate real hard to stay on the main subject, as I'm always running out of time way too fast. 😂😂😂 The session was inspired by the art of Remedios Varo, a Spanish surrealist paintress. 🙂 Not going to post all of them, just 4 in 4 separate posts. I might continue to work on these, and certainly on the others I'm not happy with yet. 😉

Used my various of my Parallel Pens filled with Platinum Black Carbon and one with Black Sepia ink. The color I added to some of the sketches was done with Caran d'ache Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels.

Greatly enjoyed the session. Big thanks to Byuka, Helen, and Michel. 😘😘😘

@artmakessenselife #lifedrawingzoom #zoomfiguredrawing @artmakessense #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #zoomdrawing #inkdrawing #watercolorpainting #artmakessense #artmakessenselife #nudedrawing #humanfiguredrawing #instaart #instaartist #artwork #artworkoftheday #artofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #igersaustria #igersvienna #expressivefiguredrawing #expressiveposes #expressivepainting #inkandwatercolor #experimentsinart #afpaotw #pilotparallelpen #parallelpen #strongwomen

Post 3. Loved this Wednesday's life drawing sessio

Post 3. Loved this Wednesday's life drawing session with Artmakessenselife hosting Byuka @a.werewolf.muse. Even though I was totally overwhelmed by the amazing poses and all the props. Had to concentrate real hard to stay on the main subject, as I'm always running out of time way too fast. 😂😂😂 The session was inspired by the art of Remedios Varo, a Spanish surrealist paintress. 🙂 Not going to post all of them, just 4 in 4 separate posts. I might continue to work on these, and certainly on the others I'm not happy with yet. 😉

Used my various of my Parallel Pens filled with Platinum Black Carbon and one with Black Sepia ink. The color I added to some of the sketches was done with Caran d'ache Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels.

Greatly enjoyed the session. Big thanks to Byuka, Helen, and Michel. 😘😘😘

@artmakessenselife #lifedrawingzoom #zoomfiguredrawing @artmakessense #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #zoomdrawing #inkdrawing #watercolorpainting #artmakessense #artmakessenselife #nudedrawing #humanfiguredrawing #instaart #instaartist #artwork #artworkoftheday #artofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #igersaustria #igersvienna #expressivefiguredrawing #expressiveposes #expressivepainting #inkandwatercolor #experimentsinart #afpaotw #pilotparallelpen #parallelpen #strongwomen

Post 2. Loved this Wednesday's life drawing sessio

Post 2. Loved this Wednesday's life drawing session with Artmakessenselife hosting Byuka @a.werewolf.muse. Even though I was totally overwhelmed by the amazing poses and all the props. Had to concentrate real hard to stay on the main subject, as I'm always running out of time way too fast. 😂😂😂 The session was inspired by the art of Remedios Varo, a Spanish surrealist paintress. 🙂 Not going to post all of them, just 4 in 4 separate posts. I might continue to work on these, and certainly on the others I'm not happy with yet. 😉

Used my various of my Parallel Pens filled with Platinum Black Carbon and one with Black Sepia ink. The color I added to some of the sketches was done with Caran d'ache Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels.

Greatly enjoyed the session. Big thanks to Byuka, Helen, and Michel. 😘😘😘

@artmakessenselife #lifedrawingzoom #zoomfiguredrawing @artmakessense #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #zoomdrawing #inkdrawing #watercolorpainting #artmakessense #artmakessenselife #nudedrawing #humanfiguredrawing #instaart #instaartist #artwork #artworkoftheday #artofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #igersaustria #igersvienna #expressivefiguredrawing #expressiveposes #expressivepainting #inkandwatercolor #experimentsinart #afpaotw #pilotparallelpen #parallelpen #strongwomen

Loved this Wednesday's life drawing session with A

Loved this Wednesday's life drawing session with Artmakessenselife hosting Byuka @a.werewolf.muse. Even though I was totally overwhelmed by the amazing poses and all the props. Had to concentrate real hard to stay on the main subject, as I'm always running out of time way too fast. 😂😂😂 The session was inspired by the art of Remedios Varo, a Spanish surrealist paintress. 🙂 Not going to post all of them, just 4 in 4 separate posts. I might continue to work on these, and certainly on the others I'm not happy with yet. 😉

Used my various of my Parallel Pens filled with Platinum Black Carbon and one with Black Sepia ink. The color I added to some of the sketches was done with Caran d'ache Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels.

Greatly enjoyed the session. Big thanks to Byuka, Helen, and Michel. 😘😘😘

@artmakessenselife #lifedrawingzoom #zoomfiguredrawing @artmakessense #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #zoomdrawing #inkdrawing #watercolorpainting #artmakessense #artmakessenselife #nudedrawing #humanfiguredrawing #instaart #instaartist #artwork #artworkoftheday #artofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #igersaustria #igersvienna #expressivefiguredrawing #expressiveposes #expressivepainting #inkandwatercolor #experimentsinart #afpaotw #pilotparallelpen #parallelpen #strongwomen

I've fallen wayyyyy behind in my Inktober efforts.

I've fallen wayyyyy behind in my Inktober efforts. But I think it's still doable, I'll catch up. Before next year's Inktober at least. 😉😂 Remember, I made it a tick more of a challenge for myself by weaving all the prompts into a story. So here is the second double page spread, covering the prompts for day4 to 6: knot, raven, and spirit. Swipe to see the pages in close up.

I'm not entirely happy yet, this concept of creating an illustrated story, a comic of some sorts if you will, is something I have to explore more. I see it as an experiment, finding my style, but at the same time one that will work for this genre. Finding out in general what elements work for me in telling this story. 🙂

Again I used my Pilot Paralell pens, filled with various types of ink, acrylic inks for the background, a white, silver, and gold gel pen, and a fountain pen in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook.

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And another one from yesterday's life drawing sess

And another one from yesterday's life drawing session with Artmakessenselife hosting the fabulous Inky yesterday night. The session was inspired by the art of Kara Walker. 🙂 Used my 6 mm Parallel Pen filled with Platinum Black Carbon ink. The color I added to some of the sketches was done with Caran d'ache Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels. And in some I added some gold marker, think from Kuretake - I can't read the Japanese signs on the pen, sorry! 😉

Greatly enjoyed the session. Big thanks to Inky, Helen, and Michel. 😘😘😘

@artmakessenselife #lifedrawingzoom #zoomfiguredrawing @artmakessense #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #zoomdrawing #inkdrawing #watercolorpainting #artmakessense #artmakessenselife #nudedrawing #humanfiguredrawing #instaart #instaartist #artwork #artworkoftheday #artofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #igersaustria #igersvienna #expressivefiguredrawing #expressiveposes #expressivepainting #inkandwatercolor #experimentsinart #afpaotw #pilotparallelpen #parallelpen #strongwomen @inkybunnycakes

Another one from the awesome life drawing session

Another one from the awesome life drawing session with Artmakessenselife hosting the fabulous Inky yesterday night. The session was inspired by the art of Kara Walker. 🙂 Really, really loved that pose!

Used my 6 mm Parallel Pen filled with Platinum Black Carbon ink. The color I added to some of the sketches was done with Caran d'ache Neocolor II watersoluble oil pastels. And in some I added some gold marker, think from Kuretake - I can't read the Japanese signs on the pen, sorry! 😉

Greatly enjoyed the session. Big thanks to Inky, Helen, and Michel. 😘😘😘

@artmakessenselife #lifedrawingzoom #zoomfiguredrawing @artmakessense #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #zoomdrawing #inkdrawing #watercolorpainting #artmakessense #artmakessenselife #nudedrawing #humanfiguredrawing #instaart #instaartist #artwork #artworkoftheday #artofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #igersaustria #igersvienna #expressivefiguredrawing #expressiveposes #expressivepainting #inkandwatercolor #experimentsinart #afpaotw #pilotparallelpen #parallelpen #strongwomen @inkybunnycakes

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