Thursday, July 30, 2015

Harmonica Rabbit


I actually have something to blog about that isn't an environment study I threw together at the last minute!! Hooray! (Although, I did finish this up today...) Anyway, this guy showed up at a late night doodle session this week and I felt like he was final(ish) illustration material. I really love the melancholy but peaceful vibe the image has. Also, I've very proud of me for using purple as the color of choice, instead of my default blue. It's good to break out of habits and try new stuff every now and again. 




onward and upward,
Bethany

Thursday, July 23, 2015

July '15 Sketchbook


Confession time: I really didn't work a lot in my sketchbook this month. In fact, most of what I'm posting today are scrappy doodles on scratch paper I did late at night, then taped into my sketchbook. But I did ink them and added color with colored pencils, so at least they look a little more polished. Although watercolor has been my main jam these last few months, I found that I really enjoyed layering in multiple colored pencil tones to give the drawings more depth. I'll have to play around with this more in the future. 








onward and upward,
Bethany

Thursday, July 16, 2015

More Environment Studies


A few more environment studies to share this week. 




onward and upward,
Bethany

Thursday, July 9, 2015

July '15 Skill building: Plants


Sorry for the late (and short) blog post this week. Jon and I are currently house sitting for his parents and my mom came up to visit us for the past few days, but I did do a few quick sketches in my mother-in-law's garden. I like drawing from life every now and then, just to change things up a bit.







onward and upward,
Bethany

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Black and White Environment studies


Life continues to be busy, (which really shouldn't surprise me by now), so today's post is just a few quick environment studies.  




 I think my three biggest areas of struggle when it comes to environments are depth of field, lighting, and form. I can sketch in the shapes, but getting them to convey a sense of distance and space is really tough. And, since I want to eventually create environments that help tell stories, I need to make sure all the landscape elements (rocks, trees, mountains, clouds, ect) read with an appropriate amount of clarity for the given situation. I think these three studies are moving in the right direction, (being able to add the right values with my watercolors makes a world of difference), but I have a long way to go before I'll feel really confident about making an environment up from scratch.

Well, that was quite a ramble! If you actually made it to the end, I congratulate you. Go get yourself a cookie! 


onward and upward,
Bethany