Portrait Sneak Peek

A sneak peak of a portrait I've been (slowly) working on. I've had this sat gathering dust for about a month sadly, simply due to focusing on writing. It's been therapeutic today to get out my pencils and shade <3 You may recognise this from my previous updates. :-)

 

Enjoy!

Concept Art - Dagger

I'm hoping to do a series of illustrations of people/items from my story and eventually filling a full sketchbook I've been saving for the purpose; this is the first.

I kind of want to share what it is, who it belongs to etc.. but I also kind of want to keep it to myself; I think I'm too used to being secretive about my writing haha.

I will reveal that this dagger belongs to Evelyn, though I won't reveal how it came to be hers, because it reveals part of my storyline.

Its hilt is made of ebony which has been engraved and half wrapped in leather strips. Its guard is made of silver and engraved, and part of the blade itself is engraved and enamelled. I tried to design it to be decorative but functional!

I drew this using a mechanical HB pencil, copic markers, and watercolour pencils. I'm trying to branch out into watercolours now for the purpose of my concept illustrations. Wish me luck!

Enjoy!

Expanding Into Watercolours + A Sneak Preview!

Hi all!

I have been busy writing lately, hence why I haven't been drawing. However, I have been really itching to illustrate various people and objects from my story. I also really really really like the watercolour painting style of AuroraInk on DeviantART, and was toying with the idea of giving watercolours a try; I haven't painted with watercolours since we used to paint with those cheapo sets in a tin way back when at school. It's daunting to dabble with unfamiliar mediums but it is something I've been wanting to do for a while now; I'm glad to have taken the plunge. :-)

Well today I happened to be passing an art shop so I went in and on the spur of the moment bought a small Winsor & Newton watercolour set and some brushes (pictured with my Winsor Newton sketchbook which is the most fancy-pants sketchbook I've ever had!).

I also sketched one object that features in my story. I coloured it in with a mixture of copics and watercolour pencils which I already had laying about; unfortunately the mini watercolour set didn't come with a black colour pan which I didn't realise until I got home! D'oh!

You can see a sneak peek of the object above and below, which I have now totally finished; I'll post the final image shortly. :-)

Meg