Hi there! My name's Britt. I'm a 20-year-old student from the Netherlands. I currently live in the city Tilburg, where I study Communication and Information sciences at Tilburg University. As you can tell, my course is (unfortunately) not related to art at all. As a 12-year-old girl, I taught myself how to draw portraits by watching many, many YouTube videos. I practiced for years and in the end, I was able to make realistic portraits! At the age of 17 I moved out for university and I pretty much stopped drawing. Apparently, a freaking pandemic was necessary to make me pick up my pencils again (very sad, I know). I found out that I still enjoyed drawing as much as when I was younger and I hadn't lost my skills! Drawing really helped me through the endless weeks of quarantine. Now that I sell portraits on Etsy, I enjoy drawing even more, because the customers are so kind and grateful!

My materials
The pencils that I used are the Faber Castell pencils (9000 series). The pencils are in a pretty dark green box, which was the inspiration for my shop icon! I draw on Fabriano recycled A4-format paper (120gr). I also use a kneaded eraser for highlights, another tiny eraser for the details (and mistakes), and cotton buds for blending (because I'm not a professional after all (;).