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Loish Blog
06.09.2025
Muddy colors: the enemy of every painter. I get a lot of questions about how to keep colors vibrant, so it was time to make a tutorial video about it! Check out the full tutorial on my Patreon to...
03.09.2025
Studying iridescence on one of my favorite animals, the rock dove. Don’t ever speak poorly of the rock dove in my vicinity. I WILL fight you 😤 I created these studies for last month’s Patreon drawing...
27.08.2025
I’m lowkey obsessed with blurry, soft edges lately. The smudge tool has a chokehold on me.
25.08.2025
I am on a lifelong quest to paint super round, chunky flowers that look like cabbages. This is the latest installation!
09.08.2025
Gradients, smudge tool, blur - they’re all great tools, until your art turns into a blurry mess. A soft rendering style is not easy to pull off, which is why I made a tutorial video about it ~ this...
02.08.2025
Trying to capture tension in a pose! 💪 You know, the kind where you can see the muscles and tendons popping out. RAAHHH!! 😤 I don’t know if I succeeded, but at least I tried 🥲
29.07.2025
I’m obsessed with watching my cat do basically anything.
09.07.2025
It’s here: my summer bloom prints collection! Each one is hand-signed. Only available until July 18, so don’t wait too long! Grab yours here!
02.07.2025
I’m dutch, so I’m destined to paint epic cloudscapes.
28.06.2025
I’ve created at least a gazillion drawings called “colorful heads” by now. Here’s the latest installation 🎨
26.06.2025
I did it. After a lifetime of using light mode on all my devices, I switched to dark mode. My eyes just can’t take it anymore, and after a few days of using it, I decided dark mode was actually kind...
04.06.2025
I love drawing mermaids with legs 🫧 I created these for last month’s Patreon drawing challenge! If you like challenges, sign up to the flame tier and join us ~ we just got started on painting clouds...
03.06.2025
I’m a character artist, which means landscapes are my enemy. I have an automatic habit of rendering mountains and grass as if it was skin. I struggle to get the sense of scale right - everything feels...
29.05.2025
Me and my tendons have a troubled relationship. There’s always one somewhere in my body that’s freaking out. I used to have a lot of elbow and wrist pain, but these days it’s my knees. I’m doing my...
21.05.2025
Did you know that I have a weekly newsletter? I’ve written about a bunch of topics, including social media, art block, coming up with ideas, and more. Over the years, it’s really become a place for me...
10.05.2025
Can you steal a style? In my opinion, you can’t - but you can definitely learn a lot from studying someone’s art style. Here’s some of my thoughts on that - and some Leyendecker studies to go with...
03.05.2025
Here’s the deal: most of the lighting in my art makes 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. I just make it up as I go along. That’s why I need to do some good lighting studies every now and then - I can’t get away with this...
26.04.2025
What if… I made a collectible figurine? 👉👈 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ No plans to make one just yet, but working out some ideas ~ maybe it will happen!
16.04.2025
Channelling one of my favorite artists, Egon Schiele!
10.04.2025
Which rendering style do you prefer: simple or detailed? I think both are great - in fact, the more styles you can pull off, the better! Here’s my thoughts on that ✨ This is a preview of my tutorial...
04.04.2025
I love a good floppy leaf. The floppier, the better, am I right??
18.03.2025
These creatures are the sole focus of my life, the source of my happiness, my obsession and fixation. And they don’t even have a single thought in their heads! Here’s some fan art of my cats to honor...
11.03.2025
Drawing a face is one thing, but making a head look 3-dimensional is another challenge. The solution? Planes ✈️ Here are some of my thoughts on that! This is a preview of my tutorial on drawing the...
08.03.2025
Jayce and Viktor gift art ~ that ending was phenomenal and I’m still thinking about it.
04.03.2025
Some statue studies ~ I’m always amazed by how such a cold, lifeless material can feel so warm and alive! If you like monthly drawing challenges, sign up to the flame tier and join us ~ we just got...
20.02.2025
Honestly, Arcane was the first animation I’d seen in decades that made me so incredibly excited about what this medium is capable of. What a masterpiece! Here’s my favorite girl Jinx 🩷💙
19.02.2025
Do you ever feel like your art looks like a bland copy of the original reference picture? I’ve got a couple of tricks that can help make your studies more interesting and eye-catching ✨ This is a...
Some subsurface scattering studies! Say that three times fast 😂 I can’t figure out if the light or dark background works better, so I included both. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you like monthly drawing challenges,...
25.01.2025
A gift for my amazing discord moderator Sabina, who has been helping me moderate my online communities for almost 7 years now and has a soft spot for magpies. I do too 🖤
18.01.2025
Here’s my controversial opinion: winter is beautiful ❄️
11.01.2025
A painting of some edible flowers ~
04.01.2025
Some smoke and fire studies for last month’s challenge! Trying to capture that energy and intensity 🔥 If you like monthly drawing challenges, sign up to the flame tier and join us ~ we just got...
18.12.2024
This painting is brought to you by my current obsession with ochre and dark purple 💜
14.12.2024
I’d love to have a plant with pink leaves, but I’m not capable of keeping plants alive 😔 I even managed to kill a plant that’s known for surviving in extreme conditions, so for now, I’ll just draw...
13.12.2024
Taking a break from my years-long uninterrupted Hard Round Brush streak to try some textured brushes ~ it was an adventure!
11.12.2024
Faces are hard enough to draw on their own, but stylizing them presents a bunch of new challenges. How much detail is too much? How can you get the features ‘right’ even though they’re not realistic?...
03.12.2024
No girl returns 🩷🩵 It’s been a minute since I drew her! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I drew these for last month’s drawing challenge on drawing the same head from different angles! This is honestly SO HARD to pull off...
29.11.2024
Get 30% off my Patreon! I’m running a discount for new members who sign up to my Flame tier, which is basically my premium Patreon tier ✨ That means you can get access to the full backlog of 50+...
26.11.2024
Black Friday week is here! My artbooks are now 20% off if you buy them directly through my publisher, which is the only spot where you can get signed copies of all three books ✨ Find them here:...
23.11.2024
Don’t mind me, just painting the kind of place I’d like to be right now 🍂