So, here we go!

First of all: I have lots of fun! Thank you :).

I have to say that when I finished the project and was about to compile all the photos from the "making of the project", I realized that I had too many photos and it wasn't an easy task to select which photos to put. I didn't think I did that quantity, so I think I was really excited while doing the workshop project/projects :D.

For the workshop final project, I selected the following prompts (I just picked some of them that made me smile):

- Draw your favorite flower. Draw it again with your non-dominant hand

- Draw a familiar object. Break it down into pieces. Reassemble in a new way

- Find a combination of colors that buzz

- Create a garden of shapes

- Something near and something far

- Combine something soft with something hard

- Perfectly balanced

I would have picked more, but you know... not that many time to spare sadly (but I think I will do them all eventually).

For every new prompt, I tried to select a different pen or medium to explore and I show my selection for the prompt in the photos.

I am sorry that some of these photographies with my drawings in pencil aren't clear enough, my camera has it's limits...

So, here are the explorations:

1- Draw your favorite flower. Draw it again with your non-dominant hand

This seems like an easy one, but it wasn't. And I am very satisfied with the result, I thought it would be worse.

My favorite flower is the rose. It was perfect because last Monday 23th of April was St George (a really good holiday in my country) and it has a story involving St George, a dragon, and a rose.

I draw the flowers like they were a mirror from each other, like our hands. I use my pencil H2 and a Tombow calligraphy pen.

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This is the final look, from both sides:

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2- Draw a familiar object. Break it down into pieces. Reassemble in a new way

For this prompt, I selected my teapot, which I use every day (more than once...).

I used my pencil and a Staedtler pigment liner 0.8 to define the teapot, and the Tombow dual brushes and Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen for the filling.

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Then I took the prompt literally and cut it into random pieces with my scissor.

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I tried several combinations and the last one gave me an idea. Workshop Project: Julia's exploration!! - image 6 - student project

It is Mr Teapot!!!!!!!

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3- Find a combination of colors that buzz

For this, I decided to take these colored pencils which I used to draw when I was little.

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The buzz reminded me of bees, and I decided to paint warm colors where a bee could have fun. For the bee, I used a Sakura pigma FB pen.

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I wasn't thinking how to paint the colors when I was drawing, but I like the final texture. It reminds me a mix of a patchwork job with clothes and the bees house. Maybe it can "bee" a happy bee!

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4- Create a garden of shapes

Another thing that I used to have around when I was little is the Crayolas. I recently purchased a mini set to practise some kind of lettering and I thought it could be fun to explore.

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I painted several shapes with different colors, all cool colors. I decided that each color had to have its own shape (I don't know why, I just decided that) and I made 3 of each. When I thought that it was sufficient, I draw the shapes and filled them with some patterns using a Stabilo point 88 0.4.

At first I was thinking to draw leafs patterns inside the shapes, but after I finished with the colors I thought that it would be too much, so I change it. I just kept improvising.

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5- Something near and something far

When I finished the previous prompt I saw that the round trees kinda look like a lollipop, and I had an idea for this prompt.

I know that it is supposed to be near and far, but I think it is more like small and big in this case. Although it could be also near and far, I suppose.

For the pencil drawing I used a HB lead in this case.

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I used this pen to ink the drawing. I don't know the name, I just bought it because I like it at the moment. It is a bit difficult to control, but with a bit of practice, I think it could be really useful because you can draw small lines and big line using only one pen and one stroke. I think I might like more than my favorite Tombow calligraphy pen. It's a shame that I don't remember the name.

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6 & 7 - Combine something soft with something hard & Perfectly balanced

With the last to prompts, I had an idea and decided to merge them into one. I thought it could be interesting to compare somehow the soft with the hard in balance. And that is what I did :)

For this I used watercolors, Ecoline brush pens, and a Sakura pigma brush.

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Here is the final look. I draw some white lines with a white Sakura pen-touch to be able to color a little the black spheres with the Ecoline (it is a little difficult to see in the photograph but they have a bit of a metalic color in them). It is supposed to be a balance between soft colored marshmallows (aka happiness) and black metallic and heavy spheres (aka the hardness in live). Or it could be something else.

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So these were my explorations for the Workshop Project. I hope you like some of them :), I had so much fun doing them...

Thank you Peggy and thank Dylan for this workshop, you rock!

***** Extra.... Part of the original project for the class *****

And here is an extra. The initial project that I did for this class. It is my notebook where I am doing a drawing each day with watercolors and ink since a couple of weeks ago. I put the drawings on my instagram @the.violet.eye, in case you are curious.

Have a fun day!

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