TGIF! What a brutal couple of weeks it’s been eh? I had to find something to help get me through it and often just doodling does me a lot of good; not a ton of thinking to do, and I can still come out with something beautiful as I process thoughts about all the violence happening nowadays.
Video
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I stuck with analagous colors so I wouldn’t be fighting neutral mixes. Blending was almost entirely pencil until I got to the end – a few spots needed more contrast, since pencil on Yupo doesn’t get very dark, and a couple marker strokes helped. It was super hard to blend into mediums to get transitions though, so I wouldn’t use much Copic for something like this; I had to fight to fix some chunky marker lines.
This is the before and after…
ICYMI
In case you missed the socials this week, here you go!
- Monday’s easy alcohol project
- Meet Bob ….and then what happened to him
- Lorax Trees (Short video)
- Your Not To Do List (tiny tutorial)
- Dealing with Doubt, Anxiety, and Fear (short video)
- Artist brain on overload (short video)
- On being weird (short video)
- Sketching while waiting on computer stuff (short video)
- Idea gone wrong…or not? (short video)
- Artist rules (short video)
Supplies
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- Ranger Alcohol inks – Glacier, Gumball, Citrus, Watermelon, Honeycomb, Sunset Orange
- Yupo paper pads
- Prismacolor pencils
- Prismacolor Hex Chart
- Glass Dip Pen
- Copic Markers
- Copic Hex Chart
Stunning piece of art Sandy! I hope the doodling helped you,
Wow, I love it. There is so much movement and interest in this,
the longer I watch it the more beautiful details I see.
I can’t find a name that does justice to this art Sandy, I also think everyone sees
something else in it.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.
I think its lovely….. and I see two Beta fish in your work…….. very beautiful.
Amazing! We all have our outlets and hope it helps!! I am amazed at this one!!
Stunning
this is so beautiful. You might call is Ocean flowers. It looks like a combination of flowers and sea life. I will definitely be trying this!
This is so amazingly awesome. I agree that we can see the timely sea creatures. I would call it sea side dance. How much was you selling it for.
I would have been happy to achieve the “simple” ink on Yupo result, but your project is OUTRAGEOUSLY AMAZING! You have definitely hit your stride with alcohol inks on Yupo paper. At times I see kelp, then a shell, seahorse head then lace. I can “see” the flowing water around this abstract “thing”. Your line work is terrific! The added touches of dark Copics did a terrific job for deepening your shadows. SIMPLY FANTASTIC!