Hello! My name is Sophie and I live in Patras, Greece. Welcome to my blog.
Between
2008 and 2011 I attended drawing classes with local artists. Their
teaching was invaluable. To keep things going, I started drawing on location.
Most of the drawings you'll find here are either A4 or A5 and have been done on location in the comfort of outdoor cafes. For a while this blog became an online sketching journal.
Ever since I started sketching the small roadside sketches, my interest and skills developed. I have dabbled in oil painting and I now do some egg tempera, but I mostly enjoy doing watercolour, something I never expected to happen. Watercolour is a difficult medium but also versatile. I've gone from adding minimal washes when painting outdoors to massive elaborate drawings all with the same paintbox. On the one hand it teaches you discipline because it requires strong drawing skills, but it also teaches you to go with the flow because it's a medium that refuses your absolute control. Either way, there's no turning back and you have to find a way to make it all work. When you're past the frustration, it sometimes becomes painter's serendipity when you see a new opportunity before you.
When I was thinking about what to paint and how to paint it, art history served a guide. I am extremely interested in traditional painting systems used by all ancient cultures to express enduring values. I have found that all these painting systems from the Greeks all the way to the orient share similar solutions. I have repeatedly turned to Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Persian and Greek art for inspiration.
I enjoy doing large scale watercolour illustrations of places that I have visited, although I prefer finding something new to paint where I live. Familiarity and connection are extremely important to me.
The watercolour paintings usually start at 74x54 cm mostly on Fabriano Artistico watercolour paper. The largest painting that I have painted is 108x326.5cm. This was done using Arches watercolour paper roll. I user Winsor and Newton watercolour paints for everything.
If you are interested in my work, please message me through this blog with your email or DM me on my instagram account. You will find the link to my instagram and facebook accounts top right of this blog.
Thank you for visiting.
Γειά σας! Με λένε Σόφη και ζω στην Πάτρα. Καλώς ήλθατε στο μπλογκ μου.
Τα περισσότερα σχέδια που θα βρείτε εδώ είναι Α4 ή Α5 κι έχουν γίνει επι τόπου συνήθως σε καφετέριες. Από τότε που ξεκίνησα να σχεδιάζω τα μικρά του δρόμου, σιγά σιγά εξελίχθηκε το ενδιαφέρον μου και τώρα πια ζωγραφίζω σε μεγαλύτερη κλίμακα μέρη που έχω επισκέφθει.
Για 3 χρόνια από το 2008 εώς το 2011 παρακολούθησα μαθήματα ζωγραφικής στο εικαστικό εργαστήρι της ΔΕΠΑΠ του δήμου Πατρών.
Γειά σας! Με λένε Σόφη και ζω στην Πάτρα. Καλώς ήλθατε στο μπλογκ μου.
Τα περισσότερα σχέδια που θα βρείτε εδώ είναι Α4 ή Α5 κι έχουν γίνει επι τόπου συνήθως σε καφετέριες. Από τότε που ξεκίνησα να σχεδιάζω τα μικρά του δρόμου, σιγά σιγά εξελίχθηκε το ενδιαφέρον μου και τώρα πια ζωγραφίζω σε μεγαλύτερη κλίμακα μέρη που έχω επισκέφθει.
Για 3 χρόνια από το 2008 εώς το 2011 παρακολούθησα μαθήματα ζωγραφικής στο εικαστικό εργαστήρι της ΔΕΠΑΠ του δήμου Πατρών.
