Work, work, work and ... work.

Hello =)

My giveaway is still up, just click the picture in the last post or the big thing I made in the right side bar to get instructions! :D

So what's going on here? Actually not much but producing art again. I've begun the painting for "Slow love slow". Here's some WIP's for you.

Slow love slow

I've also done a big fat tutorial about pencils. If you're looking for something like this - you can find and dowload it here. :) (It's not about technique but about the material itself in all its variations. ;))

So that's already everything for now :) I wish everyone a happy week and see you all next time! :)

(Facebook) giveaway time!

It's time again! Time for another giveaway :)

This time you can win a print of my "Sleeping sun" - painting! 
Like last time, there'll be two winners since I have two prints! :)

What do you need to do to participate?

⭐ like my facebook page if you haven't already (this is a facebook giveaway, that's why ^^)

⭐ Like and share the giveaway picture

⭐ And if you feel like doing so - leave a comment :)

Giveaway ends on december 15th where I'll choose a winner by random number generator.

Have fun and good luck! =)

This is who I am - and not what others think.

Apparently I need to set a few things straight here because it seems some people are clearly misunderstanding what and who the heck I am.

I DO admit that I feel kinda small under the big pile of pony and porn artists out there in the www (but mainly on deviant art), that's totally true and you can if you like slap me for this if you feel better then. But stop the heck saying I would do my art only for pride and wanting to be admired! This just makes me blow my top. Really, what has led you to this thought? Well ok I CAN be bitching around the one day or another when nothing's going on here and I feel unnoticed. Ok. So much for that. BUT: The main factors I am doing art are:

► First of all - because I enjoy doing it and it relaxes my mind. It is like a little place to hide from all the shit in this world (of which I get a load at once sometimes). For a few hours there's just the paper and pencil / paintbrush and me. And a good, loud background music if needed. I sure enjoy if someone says hey - I like your stuff, you're awesome! Who doesn't? Does anyone know an artist that likes it more when people say "woah man you're so damn shitty!"? I haven't got to know any of these yet. I'm a bad compliment taker but I still try to appreciate every like as much as I can.

► 2nd reason: It makes me happy when others have joy looking at my work or even wanting one custom made. Because that's what it's about. To bring a blot or two of color into people's (surely sometimes boring and grey) living spaces. To make them wanna look at it again and again, maybe losing themselves in the world that the painting / picture is representing. Or just brings back memories of good ol' days when it's maybe a family portrait or so.

► 3rd reason: Because I want to help others. (Doesn't quite work yet but well, maybe someday). Would I wanna do that if I'd be the selfish bitch some people think I am? Haha certainly no.  I have done and am planning on doing a few paintings that I'm gonna sell to give the money away to people around here that need it desperately because for example the flood has taken everything for them. I want to set a little hope into this world. There's enough hate out in this world so I wanna give a hand and say here - I can help you. It's not much but I want to help.

It is inevitable that when you wanna get noticed and maybe wanna make a little money off the stuff you're doing - you sometimes have to say "Hello, I'm here!". So would you blame a supermarket then too of being selfish and only working for pride if they send you offers and stuff? Gotcha! In this modern society it's damn hard to get noticed so sometimes you have to scream a little louder. This is apparently misunderstood by some people as being a selfish bitch. I'm no fan of this "getting seen at any price" thing either so I mostly stay calm and silent. I'm not hosting big advertising campaigns and stuff or something else. I know how it feels to get annoyed by advertising and all kinds of sh** wanting your attention. Though I could pile up a stack of ads on your heads because I am a trained retail sales clerk and know how the race is run. But I don't because I'm no fan of psychological tricks.

So if you still wanna accuse me of being a selfish primadonna, then go on. I don't bother. Really. Go get stuck in your wrong imagination, all the made up stuff that you like to babble of. But leave me alone with this. I certainly have other stuff to do. Haters gonna hate and stuff. I'm gonna keep doing art.

ArT RefugiuM rant over and out.