Mermay #01: Bloom 🌸✨// step by step
Added 2020-04-30 03:17:41 +0000 UTCHi guys!
Here's the first drawing for Mermay that I finished today. There's no prompt for this one, I just decided to call it bloom :P
✦ First, materials. I found out I had this block of watercolor paper that I lovvvvee, it's super thick but not too textured which I really like because it's easier to draw. Also, I forgot to add the Winsor & Newton masking fluid to the photo!
✦ Sketch:
✦ Inks:
✦ I then took a photo and tried a couple of colors digitally to visualize better the colors I wanted to use! It's the first time I do this and it helped a lot! This is how the rough colors looked:
✦ For coloring I used my usual: Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors, Copic markers and a bit of gouache. This is the first watercolor layer:
✦ A bit of Copic markers to make some colors pop up:
✦ Background: a light yellow wash
✦ I peeled off the masking fluid and painted the roses with markers:
✦ Added the highlights with gouache! This is the final result:
✦ And the final photos with color correction that I'll post on IG on Friday:
I really enjoyed painting on a single paper and not in my sketchbook for a change! it gave me more freedom and also I really need to start working on a bigger canvas, I'm too used to my small Moleskine. So I'll probably keep using this paper for the next drawings :)
Hope you enjoyed it!
Tomorrow I'll post all the little sketches I have so far. I won't participate the whole month, I'm planning on doing around 10-15 illustrations probably.
Have a good night (or day! )💕
Gret
