Sunday Currently Volume III

Yellow!

I love Sundays! It is my most favorite day of the week. I always feel like there's this stillness I only get to enjoy in Sundays, so I make sure that I get the most of it. ✨

So today, I randomly picked up a German book I got years ago from #Booksale which has a lot of landscape and animal images. It is called Die Aare, and I believe I got it for $2 because it's second-hand book without the book jacket.

Then I saw a birth photograph which reminded me of the first drawing I did on my last year's sketchbook, so I thought of drawing it while I watch gazillions of art hauls in Youtube.

And here's the result:

What do you guys think? I know I can work more with shadows to make it more realistic, but I am already running out of time, and I was itching to draw another one right after. Not a big deal though; this is just a fun sketch I did on my Canson Sketchpad.

And also, I am still in search of a sketchbook I can bring with me everyday that is thick enough for acrylic and oil painting. I like sturdy papers even though I'll coat it with a good amount of white paint before painting. Thinking of getting Moleskine because they're really handy and is readily available in our country. Any suggestion?

Now that I am done, let's get right into my Sunday Currently!

✨ R E A D I N G
stuff on how to build a website in Wordpress because I want to build my portfolio, and where I'll be posting my drawings and paintings that are for sale.

✨ W R I T I N G
about myself and my art. This is the hardest part for me, to be honest. I always dislike introductions because I just don't know how to do it well. But I guess I really have to work on it now, specially that I am trying to built my website.

✨ L I S T E N I N G
to Peterisms where he talks about his life and that things he learned along the way. If you love life talks as much as I do, then you wanna subscribe to his channel, and start binge-watching now. Let me share one of my favorite videos of Peter:

✨ T H I N K I N G
of my next YouTube video content. I haven't really done anything after I posted the first video because I felt so incompetent and my anxiety had others plans for me. Any suggestion? A drawing/painting time-lapse? A get-to-know-me vlog? Sketchbook tour? A Q&A video?

If you have questions, kindly drop them in my curiouscat account: https://curiouscat.me/olaivart

✨ S M E L L I N G
faint aroma of Coffee because I got colds for like 3 days already.

✨ W I S H I N G
for some money to rain down on me because I am itching to move away for a year or two. Gotta work harder 9-6 to save up some money so I can totally free myself and work freelancing doing the thing I am most passionate about.

✨ H O P I N G
for things to work out this year. I can't wait to be debt-free, working, and having my own space to decorate and get my shit together.

✨ W E A R I N G
sky blue shirt and my uni jogging pants in cool gray.

✨ L O V I N G
my Patreon journey with Stephen Bauman. He is currently teaching at Florence Academy of Arts US which is a US branch of my dream school in Italy of the same name. So just imagine my excitement of indirectly learning from him.

If you are curios about what Stephen Bauman offers in his Patreon, you can clink this link.
And if you just heard about Patreon, this video greatly explain what it is about.

✨ W A N T I N G
to visit Chinkeetea since last week, but I am stuck in our house doing stuff, and also because I am broke AF.

✨ N E E D I N G
money; what else? I also need (hormonal) acne treatment, few oil colors to complete my limited palette, MDF boards for painting, new brushes, a sketchbook, and a lot more.

✨ F E E L I N G
motivated and inspired... which I think is the most important now.