Illustration Friday: "Glamour"

Illustration Friday: "Glamour"
(water color)

This is my second stab at watercolors. I decided I needed to give it a good try, so I bought some water color paper and some very good brushes (Cirrus Kolinsky Sable's - one i each size) and my goodness, what a cost that was!!! Anyhow, I decided that to me, Glamour is a Geisha. I had wanted more detail in the background but was having issues on what layer to start on. I am thinking you need to do the background first, not last? Ugh... I'll catch on one day.


Illustration Friday: "Glamour"
(pencil)

I have the WORST time with faces (mainly, eyes and lips!) So, for the glamour idea, I also wanted to work on sketching faces. This is just a quick sketch of Zhang Ziyi so I could practice. I think the eyes and mouth came out horrid, but Linda (my wife) says I am way too critical.

Illustration Friday: "Cats"

Illustration Friday: "Cats"
(water color)

This is my very first attempt with water color, and to be honest, I had NO CLUE what I was doing. But I guess this is how you learn, right? I had some good water colors, but only one fat brush and no idea how to mix color with the water. Need to start looking this up somewhere!

I think I will redo this guy in pencil to see what the difference would be.

OK, here is a quick pencil sketch I did while the other picture was drying:


Illustration Friday: "Cats" part two
(pencil)