Fern leaves

Some fern fronds sketched in with Kuretake brush markers.
 

Sprig Of Nasturtium

 

Sometimes ideas for what to draw just sort of jump out at you.  I was moving the ladder and happened to break off a bit of the nasturtium that was growing on it, and I looked at it and said to myself 'I know what I'm gonna draw today'.  And here it is.  Sometimes its hard to decide what to draw, and sometimes its easy, but in any case, its always good practice once you get started.

Floating Islands Made Of Giant Turnips

 

I was doodling floating islands shaped like giant turnips the other day, as one does. :)

Floating Island Fairy

I got a fancy new printer so I can print my lineart on watercolor paper now, and it has a bigger scanner too.  This is super duper for doing watercolor illustrations, which is what I want to do for the stories I'm working on.  Now that I can just print out another one if I goof up I have a lot less hesitation about coloring everything in.  So you can expect to see more watercolors from me in the future.

Also I might not put up as much of the uncolored lineart from here on out, except for coloring pages.  I used to always share my outline drawings, partly because I had no idea if or when I would ever color them, but now I think I might as well mostly just put up the finished paintings.  I'm tired of putting up both, and I think it looks better with just the color ones, and anyway I don't like being so redundant with my creative output.  I'm sorry if you prefer to always see the lineart as well, I'm not intending to make people unhappy.

The printer is an Epson Workforce WF-7610.  I got it off of Walmart.  Here's a very useful youtube video by a gal that talks about this kind of printer with regards to printing on watercolor paper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSlewmCiHRY

This was what put me on to getting this particular kind of printer.  The fairy painting above was printed on 7"x10" 98 lb. Canson mix media paper, which is kind of thin but I think its ok.  Some people use this printer to print on thicker paper but I don't know if I'll do that because it isn't rated for anything thicker than cardstock and envelopes.  I also bought a pad of the same paper in 9"x12" which I think will be a good size to work in.

Another Knot

I've now got 4% of the artwork done for my next Celtic knotwork coloring book, although I've got other books that I want to come out with first.

It had been a while since I had done anything in color so...

Celtic plant pot, in color

 Done with colored pencils.