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| Step One-ish: Go over light pencil lines with ink. Add dark shadows. |
The craft fair I'm gearing up for is the 11th Annual Fall Into Christmas Craft Fair sponsored by the Sts. Joseph and John School PTU. I'm thinking, therefore, that I probably need a holiday-ish product or two, so first on my to-do list is to illustrate a poinsettia blossom. And if I like it, my Christmas card will be done for this year, too. Bonus!
I like to see the process other artists go through, so I thought I'd share mine with you on this project.
After finding some reference photographs in my files to work from, I lightly sketch the image on the paper in pencil. Then I go back over that in ink and add my handy-dandy lines to shade the darkest darks.
Tomorrow I'll start adding the shadows cast by the leaves and hopefully get some color down.
Check back to see how far I get.
this would make a cool drawing in itself - i like the outlines in black against the solid color.
ReplyDeleteOh yes--lists help keep the mind from spinning while you are lying in bed. Once you have it on paper then you can kind of let go of it. I have kept a scratch pad next to the bed for years for that very reason--hehe!
ReplyDeleteI love when people show their step-by-steps! Really looking forward to seeing this take shape. And you can kill two birds with one stone, as they say. ;) Nice!