'Bridge' or 'Stretching' or 'Special Effects'

Based on a photo reference (from a stock photo website). The perspective is a little off. Composition-wise - this thing is all over the place. This isn't my favorite thing I've ever done - but I learned a lot while I was painting it.

I haven't really done a lot of structures in watercolor. Admittedly, I haven't done a lot of hardcore drawing lately either. While I was sketching out the under-drawing, I really felt like throwing out the whole thing. After a lot of resistance and doubt, my brain finally gave me the words I needed: "Just go for it!" Loosen up the drawing. Paint for the sake of painting. Put down some graphite, cover it up with color. Throw some salt over there! Lift out those branches! Dry brush a few bricks. Let's see how plastic wrap works for the water...

Not perfect - but I like how it all looks together. I am happy with the overall color scheme. I am starting to see how drawing positively impacts my painting and vector illustration.

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Drawloween (at my own pace) - Pumpkins

Inktober Day 3 - "Bait"

Old school pen and ink. I haven't used a crow quill pen since high school - and, even then, I remember struggling to get it to work. This time, I thought I would try to create something using only cross-hatching. The prompt word today is "bait". This word took me into a lot of different ideas, but the one I ultimately landed on is based on the will-o-wisp. In my head, I imagined glowing orbs in front of a copse of swamp trees all created with layers of cross-hatching. Things had to be scaled back a bit. There are still two trees in the background if you look hard enough. Success? Sort of. It forced me to use a different kind of pen and, in doing so, made me want to keep going and get better with it.

Horse in Ink and Brush

Based on a toy horse I use for reference. I don't have a lot of experience with ink and brush - but I thought tonight would be a great time to just play around and try something new. Without the pressure of creating a masterpiece, I went to work immediately. I think I may have mixed too much water into my ink for this one. I really like some of the lines and relationships here. The proportions are pretty messed up, but this may be the closest I've come to getting a horse to look like a horse. I'll probably do more with ink and brush soon.

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