Week 12 - Non dominant hand

This kind of prompt is tricky because you could draw anything - so many choices means it's hard to see the wood for the trees. 
I chose the first one from a recent photo I took and the second was just playing with scribbly, doodly flowers. It was so hard not to grab the pen with my right hand when my left hand just didn't want to go where I wanted it too.

(To be completely honest, I also tried a  self -portrait or two - but they were truly awful). 

Swans
Fineliners on cartridge paper. A5

Scribbly, doodly flowers
Wacom bamboo tablet in photoshop

Week 35 Botany*

Week 35 Botany

3 images

I started this week late because I was totally in awe of the beautiful and technically amazing artwork which was popping up in the #illo52weeks challenge feed.

So I started with something simple, in order to build up to what I wanted to paint, which was one of my photos of nigella from my garden. My watercolours were calling, so I did a third piece - a quick sketch of Lapsana Communis.

Here is my marigold, from a photo I took against a black bin - a very handy prop as it turns out. This took about 20 minutes in all - literally to break the artist's equivalent of stage fright.

It was received very well by the illustration group members and was chosen as one of the picks!

Nigella

This is also from a photo in my garden, taken after the rain. This didn't work out quite how I expected - a tad darked and more spontaneous than I intended. I will have to work on taking my time with details!

When my water colours were calling I thought it was time to use a more traditional 'botany' composition. So, here it is in all its simplicity.

Week 21 Stripes**

Two images

This week started off with a 'does what it says on the tin' illustration. I needed something bright and colourful after last week's sombre theme.
Simply stripes of watercolour on watercolour paper. The paper is white, but I had trouble brightening the white without losing the colour of the paint.
I haven't given it a title, but I was thinking about the sun rising behind trees in a wood.

The second offering is taken from a photo I took a couple of years ago at Whipsnade Zoo of a group of lemurs. I love how their very stripy tails are fanned out. I always intended to paint the photo at some point but at least this sketch is step in the right direction.
Pencil and fine liner on plain, copier paper.

I have also noticed a great white, untouched patch on the foremost lemur, oops!

I can hardly believe it, both my illustrations were picked this week! 

Feeling a little emotional tbh.