Sketch party.

Went to sketch party to draw costumed models. Lots of fun. Used different materials. Soft pencils, ink, Ecoline brush pens.

Here I used ink. We had live jazz music, piano, it was really awesome to sketch and listen to music, my favorite things to do.

Pretty hard to sketch two models at once.

I like these Ecoline markers, colors a bit too bold, but water works with it.  I used Stillman and Birn sketchbook, it took washes nicely, very good paper. I really enjoyed it and since that went to a few different events.

Sketch with ink and some sparkly inks.

Sketch after breakfast while waiting in my new Venezia Art Book by Fabriano. I added more sparkling inks a bit later, plus shimmer is not readable by the scanner.
I am losing my head over inks. Getting so many interesting inks from all over the world: Poland, France, England, Germany. Many with metal particles, interesting colors and organic smells.
 This little sketch goes home to England.

Glass .

Glass wall with finished carpet and light fixtures.

That what happen today.

When life is not perfect, you just make every moment beautiful. 

Cafe Sabarsky.

Ink mostly. I used sparkly inks, it didn't scan, and other silver and gold shimmer canno't be seen here.

Israeli.

Ink and mixed media. Shimmering stuff I used, doesn't scan and gold glitter also doesn't show, but it's here. I met this young guy and we had interesting conversations, he recommended me few pretty sharp music groups, which I added to my iPod playlist. He is a modern young boy, but he knows how to talk to G-d. Amazing. Modern and ancient. Young and wise. 

Happy San Patrick's Day from Chicago River!

Chicago River turning green for this holiday.

I got flowers.

I got flowers for March 8. I love Hyacinth, they smell so nice, so strong. Here is a painting I am doing for someone. It is far from being done. I will need some hint of wings. The cat died, so early, young, he was loved very much. 

I got myself some art materials to brighten up my day 

and start using it right away. Brush turned to be a bit too 

soft  for my liking, but inks are gorgeous.

I am making a new site.

I am making a new site with different categories, with the new blog. Please come and check it out.

Nikiraart.com

Experimenting with glass.

Textures and some glass.

Burning glass.

Silver Glass.

Silver wall texture.

Liquid gold glass.

Early morning sketch Upstate.

Was exploring shades of white and had fun mixing my pens and pencils early in the morning, around 6 am.

I used Wink of Stella pen by Kuretake, so the white is sparkling, but photo doesn't show it.

Glass for a backsplash in the kitchen. In a process.

Glass for a backsplash, side. 

                                              Under the cabinets. In a process.

Selfie with the toothbrush.

It is sort of a self portrait. Artists look so serious when painting self portraits. I was not joking. I was thinking if my inner pain ( and artists always full of that inner pain, because they constantly searching for ways and answers, so I told my daughter don't ever get involved with artists, :) one in the family is more than enough), so if my inner pain is looking at me in the mirror.
I used ink and Kuretake on Arches paper.

Pumpkins.

Pumpkins. Experimenting on plastic paper. Pretty strange, ink doesn't stick to it, but I fought to the end, just to understand, I don't like it.