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Grayscale to Color Tutorial
Happy New Year everyone! Time flies! We just survived the second COVID-19 lockdown here, and now that kids are back to school it’s time for me to start writing again. We have a saying in Greece: “Shoemaker’s kids have no shoes”. And my talented web-developer husband, after having created websites ...
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How to add texture to your digital paintings
Today I will be talking about how to add texture to your digital paintings. Although I paint in procreate app, the same principles apply to photoshop as well. I love digital painting, creativity options are endless, BUT it comes with a drawback, especially if you are a beginner. It is ...
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Male skin with graphite
Hello everyone! Oh my Gosh, is it July already?? (And it’s almost over!) Damn Coronavirus! Left me with an enormous load of work and I have neglected my blog. Anyways, here I am with a much anticipated tutorial: how to draw male (textured) skin with graphite pencils. Let’s break down ...
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Fast, easy background with colored pencils
Story of my life: I wanna draw a detailed portrait with a background, but I don’t want to spend countless hours on the background itself. Why? Because I cannot afford spending that many hours (time-wise), because drawing a background is boring and it drives me nuts and because the focal ...
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Tutorial: Drawing skin tones with colored pencils
When I started drawing, I remember searching and searching for tutorials, tips or methods, and never finding exactly what I was looking for. Especially for drawing skin. Even though there is a ton of “tutorials” on the internet, they are either too complicated, or missing crucial points (intentionally or unintentionally!). ...
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Drawing Elsa with my kid’s pencils
Drawing Elsa with my kid’s pencils I borrowed my 3 year old daughter’s pencils the other day. An interesting experiment, primarily I wanted to see what can be achieved with kid’s pencils. And I wanted to feel like a three year old for a while! The pencils Used this 12 ...
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The Easiest Way to Draw Realistic Hair with Graphite
Like most pencil artists out there I was utterly intimidated by hair when i started drawing portraits. Not finding something that could actually help me, I started developing my own technique. After so many years, this initial way of drawing hair is still my favorite because it is the easiest, ...
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Skintones with graphite and choosing the right paper (ft Emilia Clarke)
How to choose the right paper when drawing with graphite (ft Emilia Clarke) So, I started this graphite drawing the other day, after a veeeeery loooong break. Unfortunately, as expected, I had many issues, not having drawn anything in a while. I could not concentrate as much as I normally ...
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Painting Javier Bardem as Captain Salazar
Painting Javier Bardem as Captain Salazar today, and demonstrating how to use my custom crack (and other) brushes in an artwork. Pirates of the Caribbean 5, aka “Dead Men tell no tales” was an amazing movie and the least I can do is pay a small tribute. 🙂 Like most ...
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Ioanna Ladopoulou
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