Illustration Friday: Survival

This drawing started as a simple portrait of an anonymous girl but for some unknown reason, it turned out to look like Maggie from The Walking Dead tv show.

Serendipitously the subject of Illustration Friday is "Survival", and if there is one tv-show about survival, it is the Walking Dead. So here it is, my first submission for Illustration Friday:

Photoshoped

One of my first attempts with watercolour. I am really happy with the background a little less with the lady in the middle.

The original version:

And then photoshoped to add effects:

It is inspired by a picture taken from Pinterest, unfortunately without source :(
Here is the link to the original photo: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/25/df/c6/25dfc6fed1c3186f4ee7099e546fce0c.jpg

Feeding birds

This winter we decided to put bird feeders on our balcony. It was a first for us and we enjoyed a lot watching these feathered visitors. It inspired me to draw and paint this little one:

Pattern

On an evening when I was not inspired to draw I forced myself to at least doodle. This little pattern appeared on the paper and I was pleased to have tried:

Sorry for the photos taken with my mobile, I'll try in the future to take better quality pics!

Doodle and colours

Oh if only people were as easy to draw as drawing doodles!

2013 in Doodle

A little different this time, at the end of 2013 I decided to create a big doodle with events and memories of the finishing year.

Here it is:

 

The 0 of 2013 for example was inspired by our holiday in Granada, Spain, the top left corner is inspired by a shawl I finished knitting, the top right corner has the cover of a book written by a friend, and the birth of England's new prince, each element having its meaning.

 

Black and white

Another lady inpired by a picture:

Here is the original photo (unfortunately I don't know the source): http://media-cache-cd0.pinimg.com/originals/7c/b2/1d/7cb21d94bcb7ff85f11d00a4564f1dee.jpg