Charleen Weiss

The only good thing about the AI-fication of everything, for me personally, has been finding my way back to the traditional mediums I used to focus on the most when I was younger.

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The last drawing I finished was back in 2017, after which I started focusing more on digital art and eventually, 3D art.

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Much younger and impatient, I used to sometimes chafe at the hours spent on little parts. Yet now, in a world moving at a frightening pace, I've come to enjoy getting lost in the process, feeling as though I could slow down time as I guide my pencil.

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The technique I used for drawing the base is one I once saw presented in an artbook: draw a grid on your paper and overlay an identical one over your subject.

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It is a handy help to keep proportions, which I admittedly could hardly keep on a 70 x 100 cm (28 x 39 inches) canvas.

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The motif is a portrait of Charleen Weiss, taken by one of my favourite photographers, Lina Tesch.