Hiii, greetings to the Sketchbook community, I hope you are all well today! I’m here to share a new drawing with you, hope you like iiiit. :3

“The eyes are the window to the soul”, this sentence was the one I had in mind before making my drawing. It's amazing how the eyes, and their brightness, are able to show the feelings that our mouth doesn't say. In fact, the muscles around the eyes have a very important role in showing emotions.

That's why in this drawing I started by drawing the eyes, big and bright eyes was what I wanted to achieve, ones that express joy, without it being so necessary to look at the other details. I have realized that it is very common that, in art, an expression that usually prevails is that of sadness; they always give me quite the melancholic feel… I have read that it is thought that feminine sadness can be aesthetically beautiful, just take a look at the portraits of Ophelia, and even I have already expressed that I like that kind of vibes, but this time I wanted to do something different.

Por ello, en este dibujo comencé dibujando los ojos, unos ojos grandes y brillantes era lo que quería lograr, unos que expresaran alegría, sin que fuera tan necesario mirar los otros detalles. Me he dado cuenta de que es muy común que, en el arte, una expresión que suele prevalecer es la de la tristeza; siempre me dan aires bastante melancólicos… He leído que se piensa que la tristeza femenina puede llegar a ser estéticamente bella, solo basta con darle un vistazo a los retratos de Ofelia, e incluso yo ya he expresado que me gusta ese tipo de vibras, pero esta vez quise hacer algo diferente.

Very big and bright eyes, with long eyelashes that have their own leading role, I was trying to make happiness look genuine. Ah, of course you can't miss a mouth with a long smile, although I usually draw small mouths without a very marked expression.

Also, and for some strange reason, it occurred to me to draw in front as if someone was taking a picture of this smiling girl. I don't know, as I was drawing and seeing her expression, I thought it would be kind of cute, as if to somehow capture that natural joy. It was funny to draw the hands because, as you can see, I have no idea how to do it, so I went to the infallible trick: I took a picture of my own hands, first one and then another, and problem solved.

También, y por alguna extraña razón, se me ocurrió dibujar al frente como si alguien estuviera tomándole una foto a esta chica sonriente. No sé, mientras dibujaba y veía su expresión, pensé que sería algo lindo, como si de alguna forma se quisiera capturar esa alegría natural. Fue gracioso dibujar las manos porque, como pueden notar, no tengo ni idea de como hacerlo, así que acudí al truco infalible: me tomé una foto a mis propias manos, primero una y luego otra, y ya problema resuelto.

Something I really enjoy is drawing hair, but when it comes to wavy hair, that's when I'm really free. It's a trait that I love so much in other people, curly, wavy or frizzy hair is just beautiful to me (plus, mine is that way too, eh. Wink). That's why, when I decide I should draw it like this, my hands take a lot of liberties. The strokes come out free, it's as if I don't decide where they go, they decide for themselves. I feel that hair like this expresses beauty on its own (kiss for you if you're watching this, and you have hair like this. And if you don't, kisses anyway, for taking the time to look at my post. nwn)

Finally, we don't have much left but to draw the girl who would be on the cell phone camera screen. If I'm honest, I don't think I can replicate one exactly the same, but in miniature, so I simply made the same girl, but in a more chibi style… Sorry, I wanted to give a tender touch to the drawing.

Finalmente, no nos queda mucho más que dibujar a la chica que estaría en la pantalla de la cámara del celular. Si soy honesta, no creo que pueda replicar una exactamente igual, pero en miniatura, así que simplemente hice a la misma chica, pero en un estilo más chibi… Lo siento, quería darle un toque tierno al dibujo

In the end, I had a lot of fun doing this drawing, since I really enjoy drawing faces, and it's what I'm “best” at, I'd say. Although I'm still practicing anatomy, or rather, drawing bodies… But it's not so easy for me, I feel that they come out as if they don't have the ability to move, as if they were static, I think the solution for that is to try to make more natural poses, and a lot of practice. Maybe for the next drawing I do, try to do it at least up to the waist, ok?

Here are my favorite parts of the drawing…

Well, with nothing more to add, I hope you liked it, thanks for watching and reading this far. Take care, have a nice day and happy Wednesday, mwah :)