Ooooh, #PortfolioDay? Nice :D
I'm Victoria. I'm an astrophysics and artist doing scientific/academic illustrations.
I've recently published a book on black holes with my own illustrations (only in German so far, sorry!) and when on holidays, I love making small watercolour paintings of things I encounter (often buildings, sometimes plants). I post my art under #VicisArt here.
It was a bit of an adventure with the local post office in Santiago, but all seven postcards from this trip are now on their way to their owners (one in the USA, one in Spain, two in Germany and three in the Netherlands). Let's see if they arrive... 😬
The 8th one stayed with our host in El Chaltén.
#VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #ink #MastoArt
I guess I'm now in my ink flowers + abstract colors era... 🌺✒️
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For those interested: two intermediate steps. The reference photo for the flowers is from here: https://mastodon.social/@vicgrinberg/115763997661099562
Here is a thing I haven't told you about the trip: we are actually not really enjoying it. Some photos are amazing, but overall, it is underwhelming (and overpriced).
Oh well, at least I got to do some pretty art and to try some things out of mt comfort - this flowers happened from a photo, without a preparatory pencil drawing and I obviously tried a more abstract approach to colors.
If you think about doing art: do it!
Watercolour is not that hard to learn - there are books and tutorials on youtube or instagram (and possibly in the fediverse - please link!). You may not be perfect (actually, you definitely will not be, watercolor is an exercise of letting go of control & perfection), but you can make a few postcards & send then to people you thought you should get in touch with again.
#VicisArt #Patagonia #PuertoNatales #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #mastoart
Another rainy morning and the first postcard from the Chilean part of the trip!
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Slow, windy morning means time for some art.
#VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #mastoart #Patagonia #ElChalten
Guess who lost her pack with the good brushes & had to spontaneously buy some in a tiny village in the Andes? So yeah, I have super expensive artist grade watercolors & primary school grade brushes for the rest of the trip 🙃
That said: this one stays with our host who made the tiny house himself & fell in love with the painting. Hope it will make the next visitors happy looking at it!
#VicisArt #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #art #MastoArt #Patagonia #elchaltén
A good reminder that the most important thing in doing art is to start.
Thw first card was a battle of will against myself, the second (this one) I easily fit into the two hours back in the hotel between visiting the radio astronomy institute and dinner.
Time to make more reference photos.
#VicisArt #MastoArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #LaPlata #Argentina
Dr. Victoria Grinberg