Week 7 - #5

The most time-consuming part of my process this week was filling in my illustration with paint. Below you can see the process. I used the finest paint brush tip that I could find and was able to add in all the detail I needed for the piece. I have always been very lousy at mixing my own paint colors to use so I was glad I was able to fill out the whole piece with existing paint colors from my Gauche painting set.

One of the adjustments I made between my last painted title case letter and this painting was the black outline I made. I previously tried to use a permanent marker with the finest point felt marker tip that Sharpie makes. This time, I used a fine ballpoint pen instead. I was lucky it showed up over paint and I was much happier with the final appearance. It was able to capture detailed lines better than the thick marker felt tip. I still have some work to do on the details of this piece but I wanted to show the progress I made this week.