Feeling Tropical: Real Time Calligraphy Video
Didn’t work from any reference photo today. I initially thought I was just going to do a blue frame on half the page… but then I just painted it more like water and went with it!Password: coconut
Didn’t work from any reference photo today. I initially thought I was just going to do a blue frame on half the page… but then I just painted it more like water and went with it!Password: coconut
I actually just bought this watercolor palette from Amazon Warehouse Deals for a big discount and I wanted to use it. It’s the Sakura Studio Set 72 Color Watercolor Kit. The packaging on the front had a piece ripped off but the whole palette was in perfect condition otherwise. It even came with two different…
Is it just me or do watercolor paintings look better with just a little bit of handwriting with them? It feels more like an informal study or sketch I think. I thought about doing some more involved lettering but it seemed like it would overpower the whole composition so I stuck with a simple monoline…
This is an alcohol marker piece with colored pencils on top. I followed another tutorial from Lindsay Weirich on YouTube. Video can be found here: https://youtu.be/MoEUsGatG9wIn the video she draws the same popsicle with three different mediums but I was drawn to the alcohol markers because I haven’t used them in a long time but…
I used the Octopus lettering style by @lighttheskyarts for the words today. My brush pens weren’t exactly fat enough on the down strokes so I went back a bit to thicken certain areas. Then I added a gray shadow because the poor yellow e just disappears in photographs.Password: frozen
For this lemon painting I followed a tutorial by one of my favorite art channels on YouTube, The Frugal Crafter. She makes incredible product review videos and comparisons and also amazing tutorials. The tutorial I used is here: https://youtu.be/lj2CxfYdEB8First I sketched the lemon in her reference photo from UnsplashThen I wet the paper everywhere except…