Jullia - a draw world

Drawing hair – new video

jullia — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:49:03 +0000

Hi everyone! I made a new video wile drawing Sergio’s portrait. I speed it up so you don’t get bored. Enjoy the video!
HD (720p) full screen recommended (;

See also the other drawing hair video tutorial that I made.

La fierarie – Pum Boem 2 / The forge Pub 2

jullia — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:21:27 +0000

This is the new version of the posters for the Pub Boem “La Fierarie” (in translation: The Forge Pub). The new concept is based on 3 continues posters, as shown bellow. They will be posted separately but also 2 by 2 or all 3 together (depends on event presentation). There are white areas for personalization. There will be informations about the new concerts, events that take place in there. If you want to see more about these events visit their web La Fierarie

I worked a lot to these posters to complete. Except the hammer (which is from the previous poster) and the horse (which you already know from one of my old drawings) I made most of the drawing with no references. I used Arches hot-press paper. First time when I use it, and I can say that I really like it. It’s not very smooth as I used to work with, but it suited perfectly for this drawing.

Bellow is the flyer obtained from uniting these 3 posters.

PS: the sepia colour is given in Photoshop.

Nurturing creativity – by Elizabeth Gilbert

jullia — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:32:19 +0000

I just want to share with you this interesting presentation of Elizabeth Gilbert about creativity.
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.

And the winner iiiis…

jullia — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:27:23 +0000

Materials:
- A3 paper 260 g,
Strathmore Bristol
Smooth paper
- graphite pencils
Reference: client photo

In the little contest I made in the Portrait Group from Flickr there were 22 entries, but only 16 entered for the votes. All of the portraits were great. Even I was very exited to find out who will win. The votes were tide, but, of course, in the end there should be a winner (:

And the winner iiiis *drums* Sergio Maclean *claps*. After I told him he was the winner, Sergio said:

Wow! That’s unexpected! I got to win AND I get the girl!!

Thank you all for voting, this picture was taken on her birthday and it almost cost me a camera on the water since we where kiddin’ around for a while.

Of all my shots this is definatelly one that is made great by her, rather than me. It is great because she is openly happy and relaxed. I have plenty of pictures of her posing, or at least under more controled environments. I chose this one because it was one of those days when We where giddy with love.

There is no retouching, no balancing, no prepparing. The shot is what it is.

It is a surprise to me that you all chose to vote for us.

Thank you.

It’s the first time I use Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper. I just received it from the USA, and seams like the first sheet of it is going back to the USA, in New York. This portrait pencil was very fun to make. I love how the light gets on her face very much. It makes her look so natural and relaxed. Thanks Sergio for the opportunity to make this drawing (:

Bogdan – commission

jullia — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:27:51 +0000

Materials:
- A3 paper 300g,
Bristol smooth
- graphite pencils
- eraser, napkin
Reference: client photo

New commission done. I can admit that I am very satisfy with this one. The photo reference was a very good one. Indeed : D, in this photo there is Giuliana too. I made her a portrait wile ago; she like it so much that she wanted one for her husband too (: I wish all the clients would be as delighted as she is.

Steven – portrait drawing commission

jullia — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:23:58 +0000

Materials:
- A4 paper 300g,
Bristol smooth
- graphite pencils
- eraser, napkin
Reference: client photo

Usually it’s so easy to draw Angelina Jolie or any other Hollywood star. They all have professional photos with perfect light, well detailed. Every artist expect to commission these kind of photos. But what are you’re going to do when your client has a picture token with a normal camera, in a normal environment, and low resolution?.. well, it’s normal.

And they like that picture very much, they have wonderful memories attached, they are really in love with it. You have to improve and to try your best to recreate those feelings and make it look good. And this is what I tried to do with this commission, and the client was very delighted.

This portrait arrived safety far far away in Canada to Steven.

SimmTrace – a brilliant idea for starting a drawing

jullia — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:59:45 +0000

When starting a drawing, the first issue is: how am I going to trace my drawing correctly, easy and fast? Everybody has different methods for doing this: transfer paper, grid from photo/print reference, lightbox, real life trace, Photoshop grid, and so on.
Even in the ancient times, artists had their own methods. Artists such as Van Gogh and Da Vinci used the grid, but we attribute the grid to Albrecht Dürer. His magnificent drawings show such realism and the grid was part of that success.(ref)

Did you know the old masters often traced? Leonardo Da Vinci used “Camera Obscura” which is a lens and a mirror set at an angle with parchment over it to trace onto. Michaelangelo used a similar technique. The use of Photography as a mechanical aid to oil paintings and other forms of realistic art came right away. This is not surprising since artists had been tracing from Camera Obscura for thousands of years. (ref)

I just discovered SimmTrace – an optical device which allow anybody to draw like an expert. It is a great idea for starting a draw, which belongs to Roy Simmons. He is a great artist from United Kingdom specialised in watercolour. Bellow you can see Roy’s presentation for the SimmTrace:

Easy, isn’t it? Now I can save a lot of time by tracing my drawings. Before I used transfer paper and it took me a lot of time. Here is a demonstration and some tips of how I used Roy’s idea and of course his software:

Love portrait contest!

jullia — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:58:03 +0000

Hi everyone!
I just opened a little contest on The Portrait Group from Flick .
The members of this group have to post a photo with their lover, between 15 – 22 January.
On 23 – 24 January I’ll make a poll were the members will vote the most beautiful photo. The winning photo will be transformed intro a free nice drawing portrait.

If you would like to take part of this contest too, just become a member of this group and post a photo of your lover (;
Good luck everyone!!

Love wallpaper

jullia — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:57:26 +0000

Olaaa!
Because the Valentine is getting closer and closer, and also the International Women’s Day, I thought that it would be nice to make a love edition of my blog. That’s why the commission prices are still low. So, it’s a good opportunity for presents (; Another surprise coming soon!

I also made a free wallpaper for you. Choose your monitor resolution and download (:

Lots of love to all of you!!

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Happy Holidays!!

jullia — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:22:15 +0000

Christmas is almost here, so the snow and Santa (: Everything is prepared for a perfect Christmas. Carols, cakes and a lot of joy. This is what I wish you all to have for Christmas.

An year is over, a new one is coming. A lot of things had been changed in my life, and others will change. I have to admit that this year I drew more and I wish that the next year I will draw even more and more and more.. to discover new techniques, new tools and to make as many portraits as possible. What’s your wish for the next year?

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!
Here is a little gift for all of you (: Hope you will like it!

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