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Daily drawings self-challenge
I'm going to start keeping a big poster paper on my desk at all times now. I will try to draw and *gasp* FINISH one tiny picture on it every day...I'll upload those when I have filled a big enough paper. I have noticed my art really starting to deteriorate...this is supposed to fix that.
I finished my animal skulls art project! [left to right] Bull, human, frog (which is a little crooked, I know). Drawing done in Copic markers and liner pens. Set in craft store colored scrapbook paper, Ikea frame.
A submission for some random patriotic art contest...that did NOT win. Some kiddo out there is walking around with $10,000 bucks (who is most definitely NOT me)
PS: how do you rotate the picture...it is right way up in my folder?
The finished barn owl watercolor! You can see my bookshelf reflected in the background haha (obviously not part of the picture...and neither is the remnant of the price sticker on the frame).
Watercolor paper advice
well....
YOU DON'T ACTUALLY NEED WATERCOLOR PAPER! Personally, I love obsessively small detail work and thus I was always bothered by the texture of watercolor paper. It's a bit of a pain to find perfectly smooth watercolor paper, but if that's your thing (and you are willing to pay the money) it does exist. I've tried other kinds of thick paper, but then the watercolor (or the expensive ink of my Copics) soaks right through and does not allow for blending.
The solution? Regular office-store posterboard! Granted, you must learn how to identify watercolor suitability of paper just by the feel of it, and there are many kinds of posterboard out there (some are way too glossy, others have the same issue of soaking up the water), but try it out! It's usually less than a dollar per giant sheet!
Watercolor Brush Advice
The problem: Watercolor brushes can be absurdly expensive. The plastic craft store ones are awful (although they work for oil/ acrylic just fine).
The fix: Do splurge on the nice watercolor brushes for the very small sizes. For larger ones, buy makeup brushes! Some of the cheaper makeup brushes work just as well as expensive art brushes. They are often made of soft animal fur and come in various shapes, also holding tons of paint in the bristles. You can get whole sets of them at discount stores...obviously don't go looking at any fancy makeup counters.
My beloved Copic markers! Totally worth the cost, just make sure your art is very small and don't use overly absorbent/ thick paper, otherwise you will waste the ink.
And haha...please excuse the random stuff on my desk :p
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Work-in-progress of an actual art piece (that's pretty huge, unlike the rest of my sketches you have seen so far). It's going to be a realistic water glass (in pencil). Sadly, it's looking a little off, and when that happens, I am usually too flustered to finish :(
Tools of the trade :)
My Prismacolor colored pencils (the largest set they offer...I think)
A mask I painted. Acrylics on craft store-bought paper mask.
Skull drawing: part of a series of three skulls (others are a Ram and a Crow) that I will be mounting on colored paper and framing in a shadowbox. Copic markers, original size 15 x 10 cm.
***these are still my usual neutral gray Copics, it's just that the instagram photo is messing with the colors a little
Rough sketch of somewhere in Italy (reference photo also by me). 0.3 ballpoint black pen on sketchbook. Original size 15 x 10 cm.
Quick sketch of the Moulin Rouge in Paris (from my own reference photo). Pencil on sketchbook. Actual size 14 x 14 cm ...its tiny, I know (as with pretty much everything I draw...otherwise I get bored and don't finish)
Also from a while ago. A crappy, quick SKETCH of Emma Watson, referencing a Google pic. Prismacolor colored pencils; original size 20 x 17 cm. Sorry, this is a photo, not a scan so the colors are a little off (not that my scanner doesn't have its own set of color-butchering sneaks).
Work-in-progress of a Flapper dame. The usual Copics and liner pens; original size 17 x 22cm. Hat tip to maudelynn for the inspiration photo. Fun stuff!
WW2 fighter plane from a while ago. The usual Copics and liner pen. TONS of measuring on this one (from a Google ref. photo). Actual size: 17 x 24 cm.