Hey boss, can you do a post with your process of a work? I'm in love with your art style and I'm really curious about your techniques!
Do you do ever plan with thumbnail sketches?
How do you layer your color generally?
What are your favorite colors for a palette? (Eg ultramarine or burnt sienna)
What brands of paint do you use? Favorite brush shapes and sizes?
If you don't want to answer no biggie-- I just think your work is beautiful and I like to use this website to absorb things into my creative lens and I *adore* your presentation of men (such lush lips and eyelashes without ever feeling woobified-- which Ive been so guilty of lol.) Very, very beautiful work. Thank you :3 have good day!!!!!!!!!
alrighttt let me try and explain my process as well as i can !! (also some ppl on tiktok have asked me to post a speedpaint so eventually ill do that and it'll probably be easier to visualise my process like that :>
yes, i always sketch first. i either do it with a 2H or an HB graphite pencil (2H is usually my preferred one) and then i re do the linework with a ballpoint pen - i have lots of different ballpoint pen colors (i got a small collection of those retractable ones with a lot of colors in one) and i pick the color based on the overall tone i want the final artwork to have - for example, in my last hollanov piece where they're drinking together, i knew that i wanted the final thing to be very warm and cozy and have lots of warm tones, specially browns, so i did the linework with a light brown pen. the pen work will always fade a little with the watercolor layering throughout the process but that's fine, if some parts are a little too faded i'll re trace them, but this time with watercolor.
i always start with a base layer, i drench the whole page in water and then paint with what i want to be the main tone of the piece - then i dry it with a hair dryer or a paper towel(you'll always see me with those two by my side when im working) depending on how dry i want it to be to continue. then i place the overall base tones of the elements in my composition (and these base tones will serve as the highlights as well, once i decide where the lighter points are, i don't layer more color there), dry again, place the mid tones, dry, place more mid to dark tones, dry, and i keep doing this until i'm satisfied, i almost never layer my color on a wet page (unless i want a blurred effect), i always dry it at least a bit so the tones don't bleed into each other and it keeps that effect where you can see every tone individually.
i don't make a palette when im working, i just mix the colors as i go and try to apply my color theory knowledge 🥸 the brand i use is winsor and newton ! i usually like using the burnt umber tone to darken or make the tones im mixing less saturated, but i really don't have a favorite, i just like mixing the colors as i go
i like a chunky square shaped brush (size 22) when setting base tones and colors, and my favorite brush to layer is a smaller (size 12), also quare shaped one (i like keeping my layers with geometric shapes) and the more precise layering and detailing i do with a squared shaped one (size 2) and an angled one (size 4) and the placing of small small details is with a 2/0 sized one.
i like answering questions like these ☺️ i love when ppl want to know how i work i love sharing - i just have a hard time explaining through text haha thank you so so much for liking my artstyle <3333 i could try and do a tutorial on how i stylize faces too 😗
thank you again !!!! and have a great day too ☺️🩷🩷 also im leaving a picture of all the materials i use !
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