Another 52 Week Illustration Challenge, another quokka!
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52 Week Illustration Challenge 2017
I’ve been a little quite on the blog front this year but I thought I’d finally get around to sharing some of the 52 Week Illustration Challenge pictures I’ve done over the past few months.
Quella Queen of the Quokkas!
Quella Queen of the Quokkas! A fun little illustration just because. Actually because Quokkas are just too cute and I’ve been enjoying just drawing what comes to mind at the moment rather than following any social media challenges etc.
Pencil sketch with digital camera colour- my favorite medium at the moment due to not having a lot of time for traditional watercolours. I’m going to work on getting some more textures into my illustrations next.
100 Day Challenge
Thanks to much Instagram inspiration, I decided to jump on the 100 Day Challenge. I started late and I’ve missed days but I’ve created art that I may not have otherwise and that’s a great thing!
I started out thinking I’ll just sketch or paint anything but I’ve now decided to narrow it to object or people – mostly using images I find on Pinterest as a base reference, otherwise I spend too much time time on concept wondering what I’ll do etc.
52′ Illustrations 2017 – Weeks 5 and 6
Week 6 of the 52 Week Illustration Challenge is ‘Botanical’, I’ve gone with a simplistic style which I’d imagine to suit a young/toddler age audience.
Werk 5 was ‘garden’. I’m much happier with the plain outlines rather than the coloured version, I’ll be revisiting this image again later to recolour.
52′ Illustrations – Week 5 Peacock
The topic for the 52 Week Illustration Challenge this week is Peacock. I though I’d go on a tangent of that and draw a peacock chair.
Pencil sketch with digital colour this week, I’m happy with the quick and calm result. Given more time I’d like to improve the colour scheme.
Illustration inspiration – Marianne Dubuc
One of my all time favourite books is ‘The Lion and the Bird’ by Marianne Dubuc. I was firstly intrigued by the gorgeous illustrations which then blossomed into total love as I read the story.
My illustration for week 4 of the 52 Week Illustration Challenge (2017) was an attempt to copy the style and characters. I’m pretty happy with the results but even happier with the experimentation and use of mixed materials – adding pen and coloured pencil to my usual watercolour and lead pencil mix was fun, and I feel I’ll be more open to using more materials from now on.
Daily watercolour practice
I’ve decided to commit to daily watercolour practice in order to improve and keep myself in touch with traditional processes – which are otherwise easy to loose touch with when focusing mainly on digital colouring.
I know I won’t complete it every single day, at least 3 times a week is practical for me at the moment.
Below are a few from the past week.
