Week 001: 2-5 JAN. 2018

Last weeks daily morning sketches, with coffee of course (tea one day, and Candy Corn from my Christmas stocking)! 

xo Anna

Happy New Year!

New Years is always a time when people start thinking about new resolutions, making changes or start planning out their next year, and I am totally the same! This year I am thinking of some postitive habits that I would like to implement into my routine that hopefully will help me reach my goals, or that’s the idea at least!

Daily sketching is always something I have wanted to get better at, I am always so envious of artists who have a heavy daily sketchbook practice. I do sketch every now and then, but I would love to make it my daily warm up when I head into my studio first thing in the morning. When I do sketch or draw everyday (like during Inktober) I feel like it really improves the overall quality of my work, it keeps my drawing style loose and natural, and it also give me a place to work out ideas and design characters.

Winter is such an inspirational season for me and it is incredibly magical. The snow, the cold air, the animals and people that thrive in the wintery areas are incredible! I would really like to take advantage of how inspired I am during the winter, by carrying my sketchbook with me to jot down ideas and sketches I have throughout the winter months, and using my phone more to take pictures of things I see that are magical or inspire me, so I can remember them for a later illustration. 

I am also in the process of changing my studio around, and cleaning it out so I feel fresh and ready to create everyday!

Do any of you have any New Years goals or find winter as magical as I do?

xo Anna

Here is my final week (+ a few days) of Inktober! It has been almost a week really sense I finished my last Inktober. Over the weekend I had a table at a local holiday bazaar here in Kodiak. so I was quite busy prepping all my goods to sell for that, I had a lot of fun chatting with all the people who came out and thank you to all who purchased any of my paper goods and illustrations!!! But now that things have settled down a little, I have had time to think and reflect on my Inktober, I really had a lot of fun this year! I think that by simplifying my subject matter to one character really helped me not burn out to much creatively. All the different ballet steps and poses really challenged how I drew anatomy, but it was really good because I feel like I am able to put my characters in different positions now instead of just standing looking strait, which was always my go to pose. My favorite part is looking back on my Instagram and seeing all the colors, it is so bright and colorful it makes me so happy to see all those colorful ballerinas!

day 22 second arabesque // day 23 third arabesque // day 24 forth arabesque // day 25 pas de chat // day 26 grand jeté // day 27 pas de poisson // day 28 assemblé // day 29 penché // day 30 tutu // day 31 reverence

If you have never done a month long drawing/painting challenge I really recommend trying it, it pushes you in such a good way where you are faced with both your strengths and weaknesses all at once everyday. But for now I am happy to get back to my regular schedule! Happy November!

xo Anna