I finally dug out my book on
Drawing and Painting Imaginary Animals by Carla Sonheim
, this book is about seeing creatures in ordinary everyday things, like faces in wood-grain, critters in the clouds and such. Today I was sitting at my desk and saw this little thing sitting on the floor, even though it looks like a bug, it's really a piece of dry dead grass with some roots attached, one of the dogs must have brought it in on their fur. In this little piece of grass I could see a flea, a moth, and a bird, the only artist's prerogative I took with it was the size and the colors on it. The shape of it is pretty much as it looks.
I used a journal I just got, a
Strathmore Visual Journal
with watercolor paper in it, 5.5"X8". I used a
Ticonderoga pencil
to sketch it, then I used
Sakura Koi Coloring Brush Pen
and a
waterbrush
to give it a watercolor look and blend it. I finished it with
Sakura Micron Pen
in 005. I might add some highlights with a white gel pen, but for now I'm enjoying it as it is.
