Tempest Drawing

A quick drawing I did a couple days ago in black acrylic ink on watercolor paper. It was a little experiment with my new style on a not-quite-full-scale-level. I really want to start using lots of flat colors vs modelling, plus lots of patterns--it's what really attracts me. (NOTE: For any who might care, I did miss a word on accident, it is supposed to read, "We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep." Whoops! Maybe I will make another someday.)

The concept was based on my thoughts of what we are, what we are capable of, where we are going, how we get there, what kind of drive it takes, etc. A lot of those "new beginning" thoughts and emotions have been my companions for these last few months during this transition from school to real life.

Double Dipping

So I have been combining some sketching with making cards for family members. I have also been on a learn-how-to-use-watercolors phase. They are really quite fun... I messed up with the Merlin, I made him too dark to begin with, and the scans have made all of them darker still. Ah, well. C'est la vie! The outlines are in black acrylic ink... the ink, I adore! The watercolors are taking me a bit to slow down with. I have a bad habit of rushing when painting, and paint is not something that enjoys rushing when you are accustoming yourself to it.

Let me know what thou thinkest, O Great Web World.

Black Bear Cub

Merlin

Scarlet Ibis