Sketchbook Studies & Exploration

Plants, 2023

Watercolour, gouache, ink and pencil on watercolour paper

14"x17"

Some of Victoria's favourite plants are succulents, she often explores with different colours to make the plants bright and lively.

Self-insert, 2023

Ink, and pencil on paper

14"x17"

One of Victoria's favorite subjects to draw is herself, how self-centered. She often draws photos of herself and continues to explore how she could visually show herself through different styles and materials.

Mask! Copy, 2023

Ink on paper

14"x17"

Victoria, in her spare time loves throwing and splattering ink across paper, testing out different ways her brush or caligraphy pen lays a mark down on the page. While watching films she practices "blind contour" she lays her pen on paper and quickey draws what shes looking at on screen without looking down at her paper and what shes drawing. The film she was watching here was Venom.

Max!, 2023

Ink and acrylic on paper

14"x17"

The drawings of Victoria's dog (Max) are always challenging as he tends to move a lot. The plant drawings are some of the plants around Victoria's kitchen and family room.

Complementary?, 2023

Ink, charcoal, gouache on paper

14"x17"

Her second favorite subject to draw is her friends and family. She often draws from photos and observational, well if her friends let her too. She explores different complementary colours like red and green, orange and blue, etc to add interest in her piece.

What I love, 2023

Ink, nail polish, and pencil on paper

14"x17"

She often draws from life, taking time out of her day to draw the subjects she cherishes most in her life, Transformers. She has a shelf full of them and often draws them completely enamoured with their design and their transforming feature from robot to vehicle. She is also interested by the designs of her makeup products in her bathroom seen in the top left.

What is This?, 2023

Ink, and gouache on paper

14"x17"

Similarly, the top of the page is blind contour, as she was still watching Venom. This sketchbook page, Victoria is testing out ink and how to make confident, dark lines and how this affects the space on the page.

Pain, 2023

Ink, eye shadow, mascara, whiteout, candy wrappers, and nail polish on paper

14"x17"

Victoria used a wide range of materials to create this sketcbook page, she often uses expired make up to make art with.

Zoo..., 2023

Ink and gouache and watercolour on paper

14"x17"

Once again she explores different mediums to capture animals such as Guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, and birds. In the future, Victoria aspires to own a little long haired Guinea pig.

Self-insert pt 2, 2023

Ink, lipstick, eye shadow on paper

14"x17"

Victoria often incorporates makeup in her art, smearing the bright colours across her self portraits. She also uses different ink techniques to further explore ways she can draw herself.

It Ends With Me!, 2023

Ink, and pencil on paper

14"x17"

Once again, self-insert pt 3? As Victoria continues to draw self-portraits, she finds different ways to use materials such as ink to portray what she feels. Her style being more messy and expressive, on purpose to complement her personality.