Natalia Vodianova @ 399

A couple of nights ago I participated in a Perth illustrators sketch group at 399 Bar. It was great fun meeting everyone and drinking wine and chatting about art stuff because I don't have many friends I can do that with (which can sometimes be a positive thing too). I brought a copy of Vogue Italia (supplement) Sep 2006 and did some 30 min, randomly picked couture images. This is the 1st.

Abbey Lee Kershaw (30min)

I have been going to lots of life drawing classes lately and the thing I love most about them is the warm up time. Having to put down something in 30 seconds and 1, 2 and 5 minuets. So today I did a 30 min sketch of Abbey Lee. I gave myself 2 mins for initial pencil layout, 10 mins for ink and the rest for filling in detail with charcoal pencil. Now for a colour one...

Arizona Muse 2

Promised you! The second illustration of Arizona. Now I can move on to the rest of the 'Draw It NOW' file. I'm liking this technique of laying down watercolour then drawing over the top in colour pencils so will continue on with that till I get bored of it again!

Arizona Muse

I have a permanent file on my desk-top called 'Draw This'. I put all the images I come across and fall in love with in it. Nothing ever gets drawn. I get bored of them so quickly, so, the file has been re-named 'Draw This NOW'! Arizona went in there this morning and came out this afternoon! She is A3 so excuse the photo instead of a scan, off to do another one!

300 Folowers!

Today I have 300 lovely lovelies following me! I'm so thankful:) It was a year ago exactly that I had 100 followers! So I thought I'd post a little sample of the Fall 2011 collections I have been putting into a sketch book, I plan to do this every season (but not cruise and pre-fall, cos I'm not on board with those yet, haha!). Should I do another blog devoted to them? Possibly...

Hilary-Eniko-Missy

Another For the card/print series. Not long now, just working out the business side of it all (something that artists are notoriously bad at doing!). She seams to be a hybrid between Hilary Rhoda, Eniko Mihalik and Missy Rayder. Just cant keep away from those baby pink backgrounds, looks so sweet with the red!

Victoria

The pink obsession continues! This time inspired by a Shop Till You Drop T-Birds editorial in the Dec 2010 issue. Original photograph by the super talented Steven Chee (love his retro vibe) Styled by Jesse Hart. Our Model is Victoria @ Chadwick Models but cant find her on the site! I have digitally coloured the background this time:)

Spots & Fur

Another little experiment with Art Spectrum Masking Fluid. I'm really starting to love this stuff. Alot of people say it's cheating but I don't think so! The concept for this was to to show her face. I LOVE doing portraits so it was a defiantly a challenge. The dress is very YSL I think:)

Oh and I am currently doing a piece for an amazing fashion illustration exhibition called Drawn From Fashion. My artwork will sit alongside my Aussie fashion illustration heros like Kelly Smith, Bec Winnel and Catherine Campbell. So excited to be invited and so excited to show you all the Piece!

CoCo

Decided that I'm way too obsessed with my Prismacolour pencils and need to branch out! So the lovely Jackson's kids recommended Art Spectrum Masking Fluid so I had a big play. I used black ink and masking fluid and photocopied the finished product to acetate. After that I washed colour onto some watercolour paper and overlaid the acetate. Here is Coco Rocha doing what she does best- Dancing!

Zomp Invite

Having worked in a shoe shop for the past 3 years you could say I have a little bit of an obsession. So every year I am given the honor of illustrating the Christmas party invite. We dont sell Louboutins but we all still worship them, as demonstrated in last years invite (above).

Xmas Cards- (but sold out!)

So this was just a test this chrissy to see if anyone was interested in buying fashiony type Christmas Cards, and it went really well! The top one is my Alessandra Ambrosio design and the bottom is my Karlie Kloss design. I got them printed and scored professionally ( which was pricey but so worth it). Hope you guys like em and sorry they are not available:( Have started on some non-xmas ones for during the year! Stay tuned...

Aurelio Costarella PFF

So my lil' old blog is being featured in Perth Fashion Festival this year. I will be doing a series on Perth designers and this one is the first. The lovely Perth model Tammy Stone wearing my favorite designer Aurelio Costarella! I'm so happy with the way it turned out. Cant wait to frame it in an old gold gilt frame.

FASHIONWA.COM

I did this illustration for FASHIONWA about a year ago. It was adapted from a photo taken by the fabulous Penny Lane (another Perthie). It seems more relevant than ever to post it now because I have been watching Australia's Next Top Model which stars gorgeous WA girl Jessie Maloney! And Perth Fashion Festival is coming up...

399 Portraits #2

This is the second from the 399 Bar portraits. This is my favorite one because it has a darker more mysterious feel to it. It hasn't sold yet! Acrylic and paint pens on canvass.

399 Portraits

I was recently asked by 399 Bar, a lovely little place just down the street from me, to contribute four pieces to their walls. This one sold yesterday:) Definitely going to do some more like this! Acrylic, paint pens and spray paint on canvass, 61cm x 76cm

Isabeli Fontana

What to do for an old friend who recently moved into his very own bachelor pad and wants a piece for his wall? Super hot Isabeli Fontana of course! (with exaggerated 'boobage', his words, not mine). 1.6 x1.5M acrylic, paint pen and spray paint on canvass.

Alexander McQueen Fall 2010

Of the 16 pieces that were shown this was my favorite. The last pieces he ever laid hands on. Fortunately the label lives on. A gift for fabulous fashion writer Pip Christmass.
Iris Strubegger in Alexander McQueen, RTW Fall 2010, acrylic, pencil and pen on card.