Posts made by Arlene Montoya

@Rachel-Horne thanks! Just in the nick of time!

He’s big, he’s hairy, he lives in the Highlands of Scotland and you don’t want to mess with him when he’s hungry... it’s Hamish McYeti, the Abominable Scotsman ️
Gouache paint and watercolour pencils.

@Rachel-Horne ha ha he’s coming! Just about to start painting...!

@Rachel-Horne I love it! Great colours and character- it’s got all the hallmarks of your style and it’s an original take on the yeti- bravo!

@xin-li Hi! For illustration I like @creative_catchup with Mel Chadwick and Natasha Newton, and “The Good Ship Illustration” podcast.
The “Loosen up your painting” podcast has some interesting episodes.
For children’s book illustration there’s a UK podcast “Library Girl & Book Boy”, I’m not so keen on this one but some of the interviews are good. “Sens Créatif” & “Illustration: le podcast” are great if you happen to speak French!
For podcasts on creativity I like “Letters from a hopeful creative”, “Hashtag Authentic” and “Grow with Soul” on marketing for creatives.
Hope that helps!

@Rachel-Horne thanks!

@carriecopadraws congratulations!

@Pamela-Fraley I’ve never done it before but I’d like to try! I love folk & fairy tales too so sounds like a good way for me to develop characters for my portfolio. Your announcement illustration is very good, nice atmosphere!

@Gabby-Correia great idea! I like the contrast/lighting too.

@djlambson thanks! With hindsight I probably should’ve put Ellie in the right hand corner beside the light and had the fairy more on the left (the lighting doesn’t work now), it’s all good learning experience though

@Miriam this is great advice thanks! (Mine was one of the low contrast drawings too)

@Rachel-Horne same for me! I did the composition class last week and I wish I’d seen it before the deadline as it helped a lot to learn about contrast and being able to read the story from a distance!