Saturday, January 26, 2013

Help me name this piece

Finally found the time to squeeze in a blog post! I have been planning to do it this morning, but after my exercise, breakfast and bath, I just went back to bed. :( Then I watched blueberry nights (which my friend is itching for me to watch). And now I want a blueberry pie! So anyway I'm back, this piece is yet to be named (maybe you could help me name this one.).


I started with light colors (meaning lots of water than paint) gradually darkening some of the parts (less water or directly from the tube). Then I added the details using pencil, usually I only use darker shades of watercolor or gouache to add the detail, but I decided to try something different and see how it goes. 


I like the effect of the pencil. The only challenge I got are the pencil smudge marks, (you know when you draw, the graphite transfers to your hand) to solve this problem I placed paper on top of my artwork so everything will be clean. And that's it. :) 



Friday, January 11, 2013

Pot Illustration

My first post for 2013 yay! Got another commish illustration from a friend. She's very stylish and loves to collect pigs, that's why there are cute pink pigs on her dress. :)

Did an initial sketch & color study first before I proceed with the final artwork. It took the few remaining hours of my weekend last week. I hope she likes it.





That's it for now. I have a few personal projects I'm currently working on, hopefully i'll be able to finish some of them this month!