the girl with the freckles

The girl with the freckles

 Early in in the morning.... the light is beautyful and something knows already of you. 

have a nice day ;)

Luana B. 

MORNING / GOLD / MOUTH

a famous byword says: "The morning has gold in mouth!"

The first sketches of 2017. The firstone realized by "sanguigna"

a red ocher used to make crayons for drawing, much in use since the Renaissance and from the Baroque to the pleasant color and the nice smooth gradation. I really love this crayon, the touch and consistent is wonderful. You can do what you want, and the colour is soft. So feminine.

There are different kind of "sanguigna" to realize this sketch I used:

+ Pencil Sanguigna dry can nuanced being at will and must be protected with fixative. It is' particularly suitable for making portraits, shadows and shades.

+ Pencil Sanguigna Fat requires no primer and is therefore particularly suitable to dripping or extemporaneous portraits.

The Sanguigna is available both in the form of a square section rod which is formed by pressing the powder, both as a mine of wooden pencils. The hardness is higher than the graphite and the yield of light and shade is smaller than the charcoal.

You can find some pencil here:

+ Matita Sanguigna Rembrant Lyra

+ Bellearti;

+ Artemia

There are a lot of wonderful artist very good in sanguigna use, if your looking for some inspiration :)

Some interesting boards 

Susan Lyon

Art of Alvin

I hope to inspire you. 

Have a great day to everyone! 

WINTER / CANDY / HOME

WINTER CANDY HOME

Home sweet home, cozy outfit today with my sketchbook. I love these socks are so comfortable! I'm very happy to have found them on oysho! There are a lot of sweet things in this shop, I think it became one of my favourite shop ;D

My sketchbook - Princess in "holiday version"... too bad it's the last holiday day :(

HOW / TO DRAW / LEGS

How to draw legs

Put a bad weather with cold and wind, a cup of tea, a warm plaid and a pencil...

Here you are! A perfect moment to do some exercises!

Until now I've been always inspired by portraits, details, eyes, etc... but I decided to go away and do practice with other body's parts like legs. 

I took some helps by anatomic books, modeling, web, and photographs. 

There are a lot of ways to improve your drawing here: 

+ pinterest

+ joshuanava

+ webneel

For this sketch I used, pencil HB | 2B | 4B, rubber, and paper smudge. 

BARBARA / PALVIN / PORTRAIT

MUSE

Inspirations - Barbara Palvin model - Francesca Michielin - lights- soft - sweet -  

PUT / YOUR / HEART / INTO / SOMETHING/ IT'LL BE/ WONDERFUL

Mettici il cuore e sarà meraviglioso. 

Capì che, non solo ella gli era vicina, ma che ora non sapeva più dove finiva lei e dove cominciava lui. (Anna Karenina)

Instagram è perfetto, se si ha pazienza, per cercare fotografie da ritrarre. Personalmente non amo le foto impostate, bellissime e senza emozione, preferisco concentrarmi su qualcosa che abbia la "magia" ossia la capacità di catturare la mia attenzione per ore ed ore. 

Instagram is perfect, if you are patient, to find photographs  to draw. Personally I don't love pictures set, beautiful and without emotion, I prefer to focus on 
something that has the "magic", the ability to capture my attention for hours.

Per realizzare questa tavola ho utilizzato carta da acquerello 300 gr. Matite HB, 2B ed 8B. Infine per creare più definizione e colore ho aggiunto un tocco di trattopen e acquerello. 
Adoro sperimentare tecniche nuove ed unirle insieme. 

To do this board I used watercolor paper 300 gr. HB pencils, 2B and 8B. Finally to create more definition and color I added a touch of trattopen and watercolor.
I love experimenting with new techniques and merge them together.

Buon week end 
Luana B. 

PENCIL / PORTRAIT

PENCIL PORTRAIT

Amo disegnare ritratti a matita e miei preferiti sono i profili. 

Per questo schizzo ho utilizzato matite morbide  2B, 8B e sfumino. 

Questo ritratto è per Anul, spero ti piaccia! 

Vi auguro un belissimo sabato! Abbracci! 

I really love drawing portrait and my favourite are the profiles. 

For this sketch I used 2B, 8B soft pensils, rubber and a smudge. 

This portrait is for Anul, hope you like it! 

I wish a wonderful saturday! Hugs! 

5 / SKETCH / IN / 5 / DAYS

5 SKETCH IN 5 DAYS

Una tazza di tea caldo ustionante, tanto da far appannare gli occhiali, fuori pioggia misto nebbia, temperatura massima 2 C° ...l'atmosfera top per iniziare la mia maratona! 

Per 5 giorni ogni sera, tornata a casa dal lavoro, ho aggiunto uno schizzo al mio blocco. Cellulare in modalità aereo, matita e blocco degli schizzi alla mano e via. Apple (la mia coniglietta nano) sempre curiosa ha seguito ogni mio piccolo movimento, chissà se si era accorta di essere la protagonista della bozza o con quei dentoni sulla matita stava solo pensando di fare un do it yourself?

A cup of burning tea, so as to tarnish the glasses, rain mix fog outside, max temperature 2 celsius degrees...the perfect atmospher to start my marathon.

For 5 days, every evening, after have come back from work, I have add one sketch for a day at my sketchbook. Mobile phone in offline mode, pencil and sketchbook in hand and let's go. Apple (my baby bunny) was curious and she moved back and forth, following every small movement , who knows if she had noticed to be the star of the sketch or with her big teeth on the pencil she was only thinking to do a DIY?

Giorno 1 8 di mattina del mercoledì - colazione
Chi sono? Dove mi trovo? Perchè sono sveglia?
8:30 di sera. Musica, cuffie, esercizi prova acquerello. La carta non è quella giusta. L'effetto dell'acqua sulla carta è magico. Striscio, asciugo, aggiungo colore. E' divertente.
Day 1
Wednesday 8:00 AM - having breakfast
Who am I? Where am I? Why am I awake?
8:30 p.m. Music, headphones, watercolor test exercizes. The paper is not right. Magic water's effect on the paper. Smear , wipe , add color. It is funny.

Giorno 2
Giovedì 9:30 di sera, ho cenato con il tablet sotto il naso per tutto il tempo, trovando idee interessanti. Apple annoiata rovescia l'acqua per gli acquerelli, risultato: acqua blu... coniglio zamponi bagnati blu...
Day 2

Thursday 9:30 PM. I had dinner with the tablet under my nose all the time, finding interesting ideas . Apple bored pours out blue water for watercolors, result: blue water, blue rabbit trotters....

Giorno 3

Venerdì 00:24 di notte. Uscita con le amiche. Ultime tendenze, occhiali da sole, voglia di estate.

Day 3. 00:24 am. Out with my friends. Last trends, sunglasses, thinking about summer.

SUNDAY / AFTERNOON

Sunday Afternoon

Portrait exercices using  pencil, pen, acrylic, pantoni. Here some picture about my exercises using  different subjects that I found in web or magazines. 

SKETCH /

Sketch

HOUSE / CARDS

House of Cards

Amo disegnare ascoltando musica e talvolta, le canzoni ed i soggetti diventano la stessa cosa. Qui potete vedere uno schizzo disegnato a penna, in un pomeriggio di pioggia, mentre stavo ascoltando una canzone meravigliosa come "House of Cards" - Radiohead

Follow LUANA's board drawings on Pinterest.

I love drawing  listening to the music, and sometimes songs and subjects become the same thing. Here you can see a sketch drew by pen,  in a raining afternoon  while I was listening a wonderful song like "House of Cards" - Radiohead

TOP / PROCIONE

Top con Procione

Giorno gente! Anche quest'anno Natale è passato con le sue belle canzoni e le luci. Ho davvero apprezzato questo periodo perché tutto sembra perfetto e dolce e.... felice! L'amore è al primo posto quindi cosa avrei dovuto chiedere di più? Alcuni giorni prima di Natale qualcuno mi ha chiesto di realizzare un top con un procione su di esso. Così divertente, non ho potuto dire di no! Quindi questa è la mia personale interpretazione, che cosa ne pensate? Divertitevi! Morning people! Also this year Christmas has passed with his beautiful songs and lights. I really loved this period because everything looks perfect and sweet and... happy! Love is at the first place so what I should ask more? Some days before Christmas someone asked me to realize a top with a racoon on it. So funny, I couldn't say no! So this is my personal interpretation, what do you think about? Have a good time! Follow LUANA's board drawings on Pinterest.

EXIBITIONS /

Exhibitions

"Mix" la mia collezione al Daytona Kafè di Ravenna, si tratta di una raccolta casuale delle mie tele.

Qui ci sono stili differenti che ho usato in questi anni, sono contenta di essere stata chiamata in questo posto meraviglioso e moderno come il Daytona Kafè di Ravenna.

Le tele possono essere viste per tutto il mese di dicembre 2012.

Ho postato alcune foto della mostra.

"Mix" my collection  at  Daytona Kafè in Ravenna, this is a random collection of my canvas.

Here you are differents styles that I used in these years, I'm glad to have been  called in this wonderful and modern place like the Daytona Kafè in Ravenna.

The canvas can be looked during the whole month of december 2012.

I've posted some pictures of the exibition.