Skill Building Project #4: Singing in German (Week 1)
Singing in German will be the last skill building project of 2021. The idea of taking lessons of something in German was appealing to me from the get-go. In the last two projects (Cooking in Italian and Pen Drawing in German) I had used videos and an e-book, respectively. For that reason, this time I […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 13) – Bleibende Erinnerung
After my Elvis pixelated portrait of Week 10 and Week 11 (yes, I like to think of him as Elvis, even if it’s someone else!), I wanted to try my hand at a second one. This time the subject of the drawing would be the German poet Matthias Claudius. The idea was to get started […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 12) – Kritzeliges
What’s the best way to trace an image? Before trying the method I used in the Shakira image, I thought the only way was getting tracing paper. It turns out nowadays there are other ways! In fact, after learning this new method, I went to YouTube and found other techniques that involved the use of […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 11) – Pixelkunst trifft Hollywood-Ikonen
The pixel-art project was by far one of the most entertaining drawings up to this point. It’s like drawing and painting at the same time. The good thing is that I had to use graph paper. The bad thing? I had to use graph paper 😅. I mean, I had to count squares and calculate […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 10) – Pixeliges Pixel
Before trying the pixel art projects of this week, I would have never imagined they could be so much fun. The first exercises looked a lot like the first week of the project, in early July. The idea was to get back to the basics, practice a lot of shade variations. That would be very […]
Pen Drawing in German (Week 9) – Eine Ruine wird zum Fantasy-Palast
This week was all about perspective, buildings, and architecture. Normally, I prefer to draw human figures, animals, or any sort of character, but trying my hand at buildings was nice. It was a good opportunity to work on balance, proportions, and geometric forms. I have to say, those can be much more convenient subjects to […]
