Hi Everybody! Here's my Fairytale Traveler, meet Adalee and her gingerbread sidekick Bren. I really love the prompt for this months challenge and everyones submissions look amazing (isn't it so cool how different we all are?)!!!! Thank you all for inspiring me to push myself a little bit harder everyday, I'm super thankful to have such a talented and supportive community. Good luck everyone!!!
Hello SVS community! Here is my Yeti cooking for February!
I just finished my first SVS course "Creative Composition". Such a great course & I really took to heart the emphasis on planning and sketching out concepts in advance. I know that seems obvious, but I've always been a 'just start drawing and see what happens' kind of artist (I'm learning now that illustration requires so much more) it was a huge challenge for me to design and really think about the concept for this one, I hope you guys like it. Good luck everyone, I love seeing all your work!!!
Hi Everyone! Here's my first entry for this months challenge. Welcome to the "Bibbidi Bobbidi Inn & Brew". It was actually pretty liberating to know we can do more than one entry, now to start on #2 ;). Good luck everyone!
Hi Everyone! I've been dipping my toe into some fan art this month for the first time (haha, thanks a lot @Jeremiahbrown, the can of worms is totally open now!). Turns out it's pretty fun!!! Here are a few of the pieces I've made so far. They are all a mix of traditional watercolor and digital enhancements.
Hi Everyone! Here's my 2nd entry, I wanted to go bright with this one, lol. Love all the entries so far, you all are so amazing!!
Hi everyone! Here's a new one, It's mostly watercolor with some digital enhancements.
Hi Everyone! Happy August!!!! I've been working on some Imaginary Circus themed characters this month, here are a few of my favorites. All are watercolor on paper.
"Twisted Sisters" Contortionist act
Lady Iridiana "The Rainbow Mermaid" with her underwater acrobatics
"Teetering Talbot" and his ball balancing act
Madame Fiammetta "The Flying Phoenix"
Hi Everyone! I've been in a bit of a creative rut lately, haha but I kept forcing myself to make art everyday, even if everything feels like a failure. I've learned over the years this is the best time to let go of expectation and just explore different things. Yesterday, I finally I was able to paint something I'm happy with again. As much as I love digital painting, I think I tend to really overthink things and get stuck in the never-ending cycle of moving and modifying to a point where I start questioning myself. I love watercolor because it's totally unforgiving and I'm forced to solve any issues that come up. So here is my little watercolor monster, hope you like her!
Hi Everyone!!!! Here are a couple new ones. Putting characters in environments is super challenging for me so I'm forcing myself to do it, lol. Both are watercolor with digital enhancements.
Hi Everyone! As usual you all are amazing!!! I'm down to the wire so I'm going for "done not perfect" this month, lol. Good luck everybody!!!
@kylebeaudette Hahahahaha, poor bird!!!! I love it!!! All the character interactions are fantastic, so much storytelling and humor.
So fantastic!!! Congrats @Georgios-Christopoulos it's awesome to hear your story and see more of your personal work!!!
@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson haha, I'm a crazy dog lady so I know exactly what you mean ;). I can never resist a big, toothy grin.
@Katie-Carling Haha, thanks. Not sure if that's how you're 'supposed' to do watercolor, but I was an oil painter first so it's a habit I carried over. It really helps me to figure out the value of things before I work on the color and I love the way the sienna mixes in and influences the other colors.
@burvantill Haha, these are all so great! What a wonderful challenge, and you are exceptionally good at capturing different emotions through their expressions & gestures. I love Day 11, it made me giggle. Sooooo fun!
@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson I love this so much!!! This would be amazing wallpaper, it's really cool how all the different little dogs fit together and I love all their unique expressions, so fun!
@Jeremiahbrown Haha, thanks so much! Your comments always make me feel so encouraged. I'm glad she works, even with all the busy color...she is a rainbow mermaid so I had to make her crazy bright ;).
@NicolaSchofield Haha, thank you so much! She was fun to paint :).
@Katie-Carling Thank you! I do an underpainting first, usually with Burnt Sienna. Then I build layers of color on top and use White Gouache for the highlights. Here's a snapshot of the underpainting for one of the images.
