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The flower dress is one of my favourite craft and design ideas for with children. It gives the possibility to combine different materials and techniques and it is fun to look for matching leaves and arrange them. 

A little over a month ago, the T-shirts were printed and sold.
It was the first design of mine to be printed on t-shirts. And it was just a special experience that I wanted to capture. The first time I see people enjoying their new t-shirt, wearing it and yes, my drawing is printed on the t-shirt. 
Now I have even more wish to make more t-shirt designs... :)

We went on a short hike with our family and friends. I enjoyed having my sketchbook with me to sketch elsewhere than at home. 

Just a quick insight from me. 
Maybe it sounds trivial, but since I make an effort to have my camera as close as possible, I have managed to capture short beautiful moments much more often. 
It is important to take the camera not only for planned shoots and or trips. Even from home or from the hotel room, etc. I can already capture many small details. And I've learned that I may only take one photo, but for that one it's still worth getting the camera. 

I'm writing this blogpost in German because I only own German drawing books. I'll list which books I own and which I can particularly recommend.

Diesen Blogpost schreibe ich auf Deutsch, da ich nur deutsche Zeichnungsbücher zu Hause habe. Ich liste euch auf, welche Bücher ich besitze und welche ich besonders empfehlen kann.

Ganz grundsätzlich bin ich ein riesiger Fan von allen Büchern des TOPP-Verlags. Für zum Zeichnen lernen sind besonders die Zeichenschulen sehr wertvoll. Es gibt verschiedene Themen, ich habe zum Beispiel das zum Menschen und es gibt auch eine Zeichenschule für Kinder, von der aber auch manch Erwachsener noch was lernen kann. Ausserdem habe ich mir als Kind mal eine Zeichenschule mit 130 Step by Step Anleitungen für Pferde, Hunde, Katzen und andere Tiere gekauft. Und es hat sich sehr gelohnt.
Für stilistische Illustration kann ich die Mini-Me Zeichenschule von Frau Annika besonders empfehlen. Dieses Buch hat mich sehr viel gelehrt. Es beinhaltet grundlegende Themen, hat aber auch viel Inspiration und konkrete Bastelideen dabei. Ausserdem gibt es zu einigen TOPP-Büchern online Übungsmaterial, welches man herunterladen kann. 
TOPP hat auch diverse Handletteringbücher, von denen ich aber gerade kein konkretes kenne. Nur das Handlettering-Schmuckelemente, ebenfalls von Frau Annika steht bei mir zu Hause im Regal. Dieses ist immer wieder toll, einfach durchzublättern und sich inspirieren zu lassen. 

Natürlich gibt es mittlerweile auch tausende Youtube-Videos. Ich habe aber die Erfahrung gemacht, dass man zum Teil ziemlich lange suchen muss, bis man das findet was man sucht. Bücher sind effizienter und toll einfach immer mal wieder durchzuschauen. 
Für eher 'neumodische' Techniken oder digitale Zeichentutorials wie für Procreate oder so, denke ich sind Youtube-Videos wiederum besser geeignet, da sie eher up-to-date sind. Und es praktischer ist eine Videoanleitung zu schauen. 

Vor Kurzem habe ich ein Abo bei Skillshare geschenkt bekommen und werde vielleicht in einem halben Jahr oder so mal darüber schreiben, was ich für Erfahrungen gemacht habe. 

Hast du ein Lieblingsbuch oder einen Buchtipp für mich? Ich freue mich über deine Nachricht.
Ich hoffe ich konnte dir etwas weiterhelfen. Falls du eine Frage an mich hast, nutze doch das Kontaktformular auf der Website oder schreibe mir via Instagram. 

Ich wünsche dir viel Inspiration beim Zeichnen!

When drawing on paper, it can make a huge difference whether you use a suitable paper or not. There are a few very simple tips:

For watercolours, it is best to use slightly thicker paper. Whether it's more like 120 g/m2 or 200g/m2 or even firmer is based on personal preference. There are rougher and smoother papers. I sometimes use one or the other. 

For handlettering projects with brush pens and felt pens, I would choose a rather smooth-coated paper because the felt tips break more quickly when you write with them on rough paper. The paper should not be too fibrous so that the felt tip pen does not run. 

I usually use paper from Hahnemühle or Canson. My sketchbooks are mainly from Moleskine. 

Sketchbooks are a great way to keep drawings already bound. You don't have to file sheets. It can be especially helpful when you're going through a creativity block and you can look through old sketchbooks to see how you've developed and realise that maybe you're not as bad as you think you are. 

I hope this has helped you a little. 
Be inspired and blessed!

If you are very ambitious to improve your drawing skills from scratch, it is worth analyzing the general ability to draw a little more closely and dividing it into different skills. This makes it possible to analyze and identify any weaknesses. And it also allows to work specifically on one or more skills.

I would differentiate into the following sub-skills:

• Theory of colours
• Composition
• Proportions
• Handling medium
• Perspective
• Shadow/Light

Spring is coming soon and with spring come the flowers. I was inspired by old flower sketches and made these cute floral illustrations. You can use them either on a letter, on the envelope, in the bullet journal or as table decoration. They can also function as a name tag. 
Below I have listed and documented the five simple steps.

Christmas will be here soon. So I thought I would make some examples of my favourite Christmas card ideas. Here comes idea number 2. Cute and easy watercolour illustrations on a uni postcard. 

Christmas will be here soon. So I thought I would make some examples of my favourite Christmas card ideas. Here comes idea number 1, quick to make, pretty simple and it doesn't need any special material. 

We all know the bucket list trend. It's about setting goals for different things, not achievement goals, but moments you'd like to make happen.

The classic method would be a list, a simple bullet list and boxes to check off. I like to illustrate these lists and make them a bit more interesting. It's very simple.

Summer has faded, autumn is here. I have filled a new page in my sketchbook, inspired by all the beautiful pumpkins you can harvest at the moment.