Pink Flowers at Work

I walk by these flowers just about every morning at work. This morning, I decided to finally try to draw them. I set my phone alarm for five minutes and attempted to catch as much detail as possible with my Papermate Flair pen (which I mention by name only because it's such an amazing tool to have around). The colors were added with watercolor pencils after I clocked out for the day. I had to challenge myself to not only remember what the colors were, but how to achieve those colors through mixing.

This is such a small and simple project, but I feel like I accomplished a lot today. How long has it been since I posted the last painting? Could my new project be to just try posting something everyday? I think that might work out. Still need to think about it.

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Ferret

Trying out a challenge to myself - to create "finished" pieces with a limited color palette on a consistent schedule. I am still working out the final guidelines. I think I would like to challenge myself to use a new texture in each piece as well. I've had this unfinished sketch in my sketchbook forever. Even though I'm not entirely happy with it - it feels great to finally have it done!

Ice Skating Characters

Twinbee

Trying some new ways of picking colors for my digital pieces. I was not aware that Illustrator has a tint slider. I feel much more confident sticking to a very limited number of hues with a tint and shade for each. This illustration uses only three: blue, pink, and tan. Twinbee is one of my favorite video games - it perfectly captures the weird concepts and bright colors that find their way into my work. Not sure where this pose came from, but I didn't want it to waste away in my sketchbook.

Rainbow Bisque

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