Recently I've been watching a lot of artists paint on Youtube and it inspired me to start again. Not to mention I haven't done anything in my art journal for about a year, a project I insisted my mom and my friend participate in with me. Whoops. So after my mom showed an interest in picking it back up again I decided that I'd my own take on a picture I had seen. I also decided to challenge myself not to erase anything. It started out with a very rudimentary and sloppy sketch with a very light colored watercolor pencil. I then outlined the sketch a bit more boldly the way that I wanted it and filled it in with various shades of purple (my favorite color) and black. I was feeling a sort of Beetlejuice vibe. The next step was to take water to the layer of colored pencils that I had put down. They are called watercolor pencils for a reason. I find this method of water color to be a bit more controlled. You can see how vibrant the colors get once the water has hit them. After the color had dried I wanted to go back in and give it a sharper edge. So I took a black ball point pen and started outlining and adding definition with some cross hatching. Once finished with my character sketch however, I was at a loss for a background. For some reason I thought of writing in a journal entry or something. I had read a quote recently that seemed to fit so I lightly wrote it over and over in the background then used some rubbing alcohol to blur the ink as well as add more light water color. Here is the final result! If you like this image and would like it on a phone cover, mug or journal you can visit my RedBubble page here: Stay tuned for more!!
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