Maysi-Art © by Maya Schippl

Finally the awful heatwave we had here in Germany is over. We all hope, this is it for this summer. I like summer, but this long and boiling heat was no fun for all of us. Anyway.. sculpting is much easier now :-) and I made and tested some new eyes for a male sculpt and made a sketch from his head. I additional continued the work on a little 1:12 scale fairy. She needs some more painting and sanding before she will get her clothes, hair and of course...wings... :-) Something cute and "nice" before I start some Halloween-suitable sculpts ;-)

WIP: "Fur" for my new Maine Coon! (12th scale)

2 new micro cats are ready to paint :-)

Not that big progress today...just some corrections... Now it has to dry to touch before I can go on.

I tried to mix skintones ;-) I love the consistence of oil colors! Well...the girl has some more color now. But still a long way to go..

Started to work on the background...

The last glazing for the underpainting is done :-) Now I can start with the "real" colors.. Reference photo: www.dirk-ludwig.de

Started to paint the first layers and light parts on my oilpainting. The colored layers may look strange but the will give the painting more deepth in the end. (...I hope.... ;-) ) Photo reference by www.dirk-ludwig.de

...working on 2 more micro kitties :-)

Sketch for an oilpainting. I hope I will make it as I´m not used to paint with oil colors. The reference photo is from Dirk Ludwig ( www.dirk-ludwig.de )

Now it´t time to finally finish this vampire. Starting to make his shoes now.

My tiny kitty is nearly finshed. Looking forward to paint her :-)

Working on a new, tiny, tiny kitty. I think, it will be a tuxedo with blue eyes in the end :-) I used beesputty for this little guy. Love this stuff when I sculpt tiny things.

A little more progress on my poseable kitty :-)

WIP....working on a poseable, white, fluffy kitty for a doll show. Compared to 12th scale, this head is really LARGE...lol.

A little watercolor practice during a sculpting break :-) I used my new Kuretake Gansai Watercolors on Hahnemühle Bamboo paper.

WIP....testing hair for my 1:12 scale vampire :-)

I have a new video on YouTube :-) It shows how I make eyes for my miniature cats.  I hope you enjoy watching!

......another digital painting...... Started with a sketch in my sketchbook.. then transferred the outlines into Artrage 4 and started to color her..........let´s see, what she will become in the end ;-)

Just a "digital sketch". Testing how it is to draw/paint digital. I need a lot more practice of course ;-) but it´s really fun! I used Corel Painter Essentials 5 and a Wacom Intuos Tablet.