We’ve been making a lot of little nature themed watercolor-style digital paintings. They’re mostly based on photos of places we’ve been/things we’ve seen, and while making them I’m reflecting on the place. I decided to learn to do a watercolor-style art in the style used in illustrations around Jun 2019, and I’ve worked out some things I like. I also learned to use Photoshop’s pen tool/vector art which is hard to learn but not only speeds up line art, but lets you correct mistakes easily and facilitates fine-tuning line art. My hands are shaky, so I’m mostly programming lines instead of drawing them.
Most of these are based at least loosely on photos. We use nature as a model, and pay a lot of attention to palettes found in habitats, and draw/paint things as illustrations. This was a technique used by Alphons Mucha whose work we’re a fan of.
We’ll be including this kind of art in our posts and sharing things we’ve made.
The Nature Bloggist 