Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday) was yesterday here in the UK. I made a little card for my mum with a Charley Harper-inspired caricature of Elsa, our Border Collie. Though my sister immediately knew what it was meant to be, our parents thought it was either a bear...
I wanted to loosen up a bit so I went to https://line-of-action.com/ and spent about 20 minutes drawing 30 second bird poses. Here are my favourites!
I had an amazing time in LA, but didn't draw the sky because it always looked like this. There were no clouds, there was no rain, there was nothing but sunshine.Returning to Scotland was a bit of a shock. It's cold, wet and grey. But our sky is much more interesting.
Here's a little sneaky peek at a project I'm working on right now! I'm having fun with the simple palette and design. I'm building all the characters, props and backgrounds in Illustrator and am animating them in Flash.
Another dramatic evening sky. I'm really pleased with how the watercolour effect looks in this - it's all digital! If you use Photoshop, I really recommend Kyle T Webster's watercolour brushes (and indeed all his other brushes): check them out here.
My laptop, after four years of faithful service, has gone on a freezing and shutting-down spree. Despite being completely wiped, it's still acting up ... and I now can't use Photoshop or my tablet. Today's sky sketch was created on my phone!
Again, lots of cloud - but this time I've tried painting it a bit differently.
Light shining through clouds. Very cloudy, but little rain. Using my iPhone I often create slow-motion videos, but this is the first time I've tried time-lapse: you can see the result below!
I was ready to paint a glorious square of blue. Then I saw how light from the city was glowing in the clouds.