I enjoyed doing project 2 in the Time Traveler (link on sidebar) class so much that I did another one! Kuretake Japanese watercolors and gel pens on mixed media paper in my sketchbooks. It's a lesson on 1920s fashion illustration, using 2 figures to tell a story. I don't know how much of an illustration mine is, but it sure was fun.
I haven't figured out yet why the backgrounds in the sketches are gray. They are actually white. I don't know if it's in my lighting, my camera, or my computer. I am also seeing everything through brown slow growing cataracts right now, so that may account for some off colors. Sorry! Hopefully, I'll get it straightened out soon!
Figure 1 with a bit of background with a mechanical pencil and I decided to add our little dog, Kibbles, who we lost in 1997 and is still very much missed, to tell a story.
Added figure 2 and some more background and started going over pencil lines with a fine black zig marker.
Everything gone over with the zig marker
What a difference color makes! Ready for finishing up details!
And I've added some details and re-outlined everything with gel pens and called it done. The colors are not showing up in the photo quite like the real thing, but this is the best I could do.
If you are interested in 1920s fashion illustration, you should check out Ce Duff's classes and work. I don't always follow the teacher, but she is waaaaay better at it than I am!
Anyway, this has kept me busy for a few days, along with doing more meditation stone paintings and play in watercolor from a free class before Christmas! Now I want to do the fashion illustration on a real substrate using old personal photos...
But, first, I need to finish projects 1 and 3 in the Time Traveler class, which are both acrylic portraits that I have started!
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