Princess has an assignment this week to find and draw an an autumn leaf. We picked up a bunch of leaves from our backyard last night. She’s not quite done with her drawing, but I decided to do one last night before bedtime. Here’s the results. This is just a quick sketch made with Faber Castell brush pens. Again, no pencil drawing. I’ve learned that when I just skip the pencil sketch and go straight to pen, I get a much better result. Things are looser, more fluid, and more organic looking. Penciling first makes my artwork look too awkward and constrained.
Last night, 10 minutes of sketching resulted in this – http://www.cynicalwoman.com/2010/11/17/q…
@Cynical_Woman Very nice leaf…love the colors!
@oddlynn3 Thank you. The colors are the result of a very limited set of markers, which works really. Forces interesting choices when drawing