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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Forced to draw cute

Sigh. I was accused of only producing dark and gloomy work in my drawing-course. Of course I protested that this wasn't true, but couldn't point to any recent non-gloomy work quickly enough. Therefore I was condemned to paint something 'cute'; more specifically, in the words of my teacher: "A princess. Riding on a dolphin. And the dolphin is smiling."




Hence the above. I also tried out water-soluble crayons for the first time, and am not too impressed. I think I prefer straight-up watercolour.
I am not at all happy with the sky - I am beginning to think that clouds may be my nemesis. Whatever I draw next (hopefully I am done with 'cute'...) will have to have some clouds in it, because clearly I need the practice.


Water-soluble pencils on 300 gsm A3 aquarelle-paper.
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  1. Stephanie BarrMarch 22, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    I actually like this somewhat. Not that the princess looks very princessy (what's with the cape when leaping out of water?). I also agree about the sky, but the dolphin (my personal favorite animal) looks great.

    I like the water and the very very green turtle, too.

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  2. Stephanie BarrMarch 22, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    BTW, I'm much more aware of art recently, given my relatively new obsession with manga.

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  3. Boris LegradicMarch 22, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    What, not princessy? But she has a tiara and all... ;)
    But you are right, the cape is not very realistic, it should be flopping wet. Must be a, uh, magic cape. Yeah, that's it!

    I never got much into manga, but then I haven't really tried either. What are you reading?

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  4. Stephanie BarrMarch 25, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    I have a side list on my blog Rockets and Dragons that gives you quick and dirty on what I love best. The list has links if you want to read my take on any particular manga and often examples.

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