I tried something out, and added some of my own little postcard-sized prints to my shop!
There's a lot, so I thought I'd show them in smaller sets here based on theme. These ones are inks based on the paintings of Caspar David Freidrich (1774-1840).
(All the paintings + a bit more of my personal experience below!)
I made these inks back in 2023; it'd been a several yearsā break from drawing regularly, and I was feeling stuck as to how I could get back into the swing of creating.
One day, while flipping through a Friedrich art book I had just purchased from Powells, I couldnāt stop imagining fantasy creatures basking in the beautiful ruins heād sketched, or flying across the vast skies heād painted. I decided it would be fun to study some of these classic pieces. I could refamiliarize myself with some art fundamentals (like composition, values, and strong silhouettes), while also adding some fun personal details to help them to resonate with me even more. Before I knew it, Iād made nearly a dozen studies, all the while reading about his life.
Friedrich battled with a lot of grief in his life, and I was in the middle of coming to terms with many tragic events as well. Making these pieces was a lovely way to draw parallels and understand someone from 200 years ago, as well as understand myself and reignite some inspiration to draw again.Ā
So yeah, these are a handful of the studies I'd made then. Thanks for taking the time to look c:
Sea beach in the fogā (1807)
Two Men Contemplating the Moon (1819)
Winter Landscape with church (1811)
The Tomb of Arminius (1813)
Ruins of Eldena, near GreifswaldāĀ (1825)
Chalk Cliffs on RĆ¼gen (1818)
"A work is not made, it must be felt." - Caspar David Freidrich
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Finally finished šĀ Timelapse at the bottom!
I had an idea for my Wings of Pages series, where instead of text, it's a book full of botanical illustrations.
The majority of the time was spent on the individual flowers for each feather/page of the wings. I really love the look of old botanical books with the water color paintings and the scientific names written in cursive. So I spent way too many hours painting out 20 of these flower pages, and even then, it wasn't enough for the wings so I did have to duplicate some.
Here are the 20 flowers! The HD image of Atlas Botanicus, and all 20 HD flower studies without watermark will be DMed on Patreon.com/Yuumei on May 5th, along with the hours long video recording of how I painted everything.
I think Iām literally never gonna be sick of this masterpiece. I think watching it on a loop for eight hours could fix me. Dancingās what clears my soul. Dancingās what makes me whole.
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