"Portrait of a old woman "on sketchbook with various pencils.

As you may have noticed I have posted more than one work about portraits, especially about people. Well, unfortunately that of portraits, especially if they are not animals (which I am more suited to) is one of the gaps on which I still have to seriously work a lot on. My difficulties are reproducing the size and shape of the head and nose, as well as retouching some details such as the ears and lips. If you notice, a little while ago I posted "Face of an elderly woman" which came out better than "Portrait of Ruth"... why?

"Portrait of Ruth Pozzi" drawing on paper with crayons.

My former art teacher advised me to take inspiration from some portraits of famous artists such as Van Gogh or Monet by carefully observing the lines and shapes and to try to reproduce them freehand on drawing diaries or sheets of paper and with the diaries I find myself I am more comfortable while on paper I find it difficult because I have to take into account the available space and the size of the subject to be represented. However, the road is still very long but I trust that by putting in the effort I will be able to achieve my objectives... but of course I will obviously also have to take into account the opinions expressed by those who observe my drawings and works both positively and negatively because a true artist must take both the good and the bad of what he does in his profession without replying or contesting, in fact every day when I post my works I am fully conscious and aware of the judgments that will be due to me regarding what I do and for this reason the desire and passion to try my hand in art it never fails.

The photocopying hobby - part 2

And here we are again at the second part about the photocopying hobby. As previously mentioned, all this started just to cover or make a wall less depressing.

Since my locker at work was the only one in good condition (and not shabby unlike the others of my colleagues) I started by hanging photocopies of my drawings starting first with Van Gogh's sunflowers (my favorite and inspiring artist) then some flowers drawn by me, dogs etc.

Little by little the first results began to show themselves: the stress began to reduce a little and increase productivity, my colleagues were amazed and said that they were beautiful and finally we began to "manufacture" on request some of the photocopies that I had placed. By doing this we started a new cycle of reuse, in fact the paper cut around the image after being coloured, I use it to draw on in order to save money from buying more paper (a bit like used sheets that I color black and then paint on it).

Up,the photo of my locker on my work Place... beautiful isn' t ? ;)

The photocopies hobby - part 1

Well, yes, in addition to drawing, composing etc., another hobby that I started by chance was making photocopies of my drawings. At first it was just to cover a hole in the wall or to make my locker at work less monotonous. So I started photocopying all my drawings and works... the only drawback was that the old model photocopier printed them in black and white and therefore I had to color them... a bit like children's drawings.However, slowly, from annoying it became pleasant and creative because coloring them, as well as passing the time, helps to relieve the stress of the day... and over time they even came to be requested by some of my friends and work colleagues! The photocopy can be easily recognized from the original drawing, in fact if you look at the photo above you will immediately understand the difference (right: original, left: photocopy). And so, now, in addition to the countless hobbies I have, this has also been added because I discovered through a medical journal that photocopying some favorite images and applying them in some places, especially work ones, helps the subject to combat mental stress. Wait for the part 2 !

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Hello friends, how are you all? I'm back!!! This summer's work was very heavy but fortunately art and drawing helped me keep up and not give up! I will calmly post the new works, in the meantime, welcome to all of you!

Hello everyone, how are you? It's hard work but it's going pretty well. Is there anything different about my profile? That's right, a new self-portrait of me painted on canvas as my new profile picture! Greetings to all of you for a good summer and we'll see you again soon (i.e. October in three months) bye!

Hello everyone, as previously communicated in the latest publication of my work, tomorrow my summer seasonal work period begins, which means, no more time to do art or other hobbies, I am grateful for all your comments and appreciations for my artistic works, when I have time I will publish some news about my works, how they were born and what inspired me to do it. I conclude by wishing you all a peaceful and good summer and see you in October... may the force of creativity and inspiration always be with you!

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