Art: Lullaby (G)

[sigune]

Whew! I had to start this picture all over - I inked it with my brush pen and then saw that all sorts of things were wrong with it :P. I redrew it with my Staedtler pens and got a much more pleasing result, also in terms of details.

I know that people like my black-and-white pictures better than the colour ones, but the scene I drew here is a nocturnal one and I thought it would look like a large ink blot if I tried to keep it in b/w. This turned into another experiment, and I'm not displeased with the final result. More important, though, is the question whether mary_j_59 is happy with it, because this was done for her, for snapedom's Summer Fest. It's an illustration of her story All Hallow's Eve.

Title: Lullaby
Artist: sigune
Rating: G
Media: Staedtler pens, Chinese ink and watercolours on cold-pressed watercolour paper.



(Lullaby)

Comments

[protowilson.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I love the dark areas. Smashing job.

[sigune.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D I'm really glad you like it. It probably sounds ridiculous, but dark areas always make me nervous. I'm too conscious of the fact that once the ink goes onto the paper, it's there to stay, and it's impossible to correct, especially if I'm going to paint over it...

I may bother you soon for help with another picture, but if it's bother bother, feel free to ignore me ;-).

Getting ideas for yours, btw. The perspective will take some working out, and I'm still such a newbie, but I'll find a way *g*.

[protowilson.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about the frightening permanency of ink. I was actually thinking of breaking out my Staedtlers after soooo many years, but I'll probably chicken out.
I'd be more than happy to take a look at your next picture!
I have my idea for our exchange but I know it'll stay looking OK in my head right right up until the point I start sketching and then it'll go rapidly downhill hahaha!