The Picturesque Scene of Passing Fantasies

Helloooo, Universe! I've been away from my blog for a long time and apparently I'm still alive. So, I decided to write again with a tutorial of my latest portrait painting. Here it is... Mads Mikkelsen, my current obsession I used this photo asa reference, only the head (because I'm too lazy to paint the body) and did a little improvisation with his hair: The Gorgeous Mads First, let's start with my colour palette. If you've read  my old tutorial of Luke Skywalker painting , it's basically almost the same. Not only the colour palette, but also the whole technique. I use these colours in almost every painting I made. Always use these colours... Okay, you're ready with the paint now. Let's start to draw... 1. Sketch Sketch When making a full colour portrait painting, I usually draw a not-too-detailed-sketch. As you can see on the picture above, the sketch is basically just thin outlines. I add the details later. 2. Base...

Good night, y'all! Or good morning to everyone on different side of the world. It is Monday early morning here and I just can't sleep. So I grab my paper and pencil to start making something. I remember that I want to make a series of postcards of Star Wars fanart. I've made the first one, which is Luke Skywalker postcard. Since I decided to give it to a friend, I need to paint another one. But for this moment, I'm just in the mood to make another character postcard. It is Boba Fett. Here is the sketch. I'll update the progress soon! Tessa x

My submission for Noah and the Whale 7” sleeve design . 45 designs will be selected and printed on a Secret 7” vinyl sleeve which will be sold and exhibited in a gallery in East London. The profit will go to Teenage Cancer Trust. Please support! Tessa x

My submission for Bombay Bicycle Club’s Lights Out, Words Gone 7” artwork . 45 designs will be selected and printed on a Secret 7” vinyl sleeve which will be sold and exhibited in a gallery in East London. The profit will go to Teenage Cancer Trust. Pleaasseee pick my work. Really want to win this invite :) Support my work here . Tessa x

Hello there... Recently I make more papercutting works than painting. New interesting works for me. And basically I'll do any work that gives me money. Hahaha This time I did papercutting commission from a lovely lady called Adriane. She asked me to make three pieces of papercutting based on the story she wrote. Here is the papercutting #1: #1 and papercutting #2 #2 She got a great idea by connecting the story for papercutting #1 and #2. If you put those works together, you will get this one. They are now connected and they tell a story. Can you guess what it is about? :) #1 and #2 connected together And here is the last piece. It simply portrays two characters she made. #3 Hope you all enjoy my work! For commission info, please go to this link and do not hesitate to contact me at tessa.feb@gmail.com Tessa x

Lotus Alessandro Laurie Uri More info about my commissions . Tessa x

Info about my commissions are on my DeviantArt and tumblr . Please kindly check it. Tessa x

The Bird The Fairy The Musician The Weather Papercutting Size of paper: A4 Size of papercutting area: 14 x 18 cm Tessa x

As you can see on my previous blog entry , I made a watercolor painting of Luke Skywalker on a blank A6 size postcard. While making this painting, I have scanned some of the processes in order to make a step by step explanation of it. Here you go… 1. Sketch First step is making the sketch. Actually I didn’t plan to make this painting at all. I was just browsed too much about Star Wars on last Wednesday regarding their blu ray release. I love Star Wars. And I just realized that I never made a fan art of it. Not at all. Wondered why. So there I was… Sitting in front of my laptop which was displaying Luke Skywalker picture. I took my paper and B pencil (yeah, I always draw a sketch with B pencil. Never use 2B.) and I ended up with this drawing. It’s a small drawing. Only on A6 paper. 2. Prepare all you need My weapoonnnns! Yes, they are things I need in this painting. The sketch, B pencil, eraser, watercolor paint (mostly Cotman, since my fav watercolor brand, Sakura tr...

“The Force is strong with this one.” 5-hours of fun watercolor painting on blank postcard (A6). Tessa x

I am making a pair of wings for my angel :) Below is the painting of him without wings yet and pieces of his paper-wings above are ready to be attached to his back. Hope he still can fly with them. Photo was taken by my crap cellphone. Tessa x

Okay! I’m gonna try to describe how I made a 3D papercraft of Ben in case any of you wanna know how I did it. Hope I can explain it well. Tools I need: Paper, glue, scissor and cutter. It would be helpful if you have pen-type cutter that is usually used for craft. Pencil and eraser are also needed to make the pattern. (Not to mention the video that was watched like thousand times.) Time taken: almost forever :p Since this kind of art is new for me, I did lots of trial and error on it before I got the final result. So sorry I didn’t take a picture of every step. My desk was so messy, pieces of unused paper were everywhere and I’d be crazy if I had to clean some spaces and take a pic every time I made a progress. Here are quick explanations about the process: 1. Watch the video and capture some important scene that can be used as references. If you love the band, you will not get sick of watching it over and over again. Trust me. I still don’t mind see that vid again :’) 2. Prepare th...