Autumn Mixed Media

When I first saw Rebecca's tutorials, I've been wanting to paint them. Rebecca's tutorials for The Art Spirits posts are relaxing and calming to work on.

I used Rebecca's line drawing as a reference, while I drew my own version. Since I decided to paint this piece in my Canson XL watercolor 7x10" book, I had to design a smaller version. My focus is on the variety of houses and limited the smaller details. Although I don't own the same paints as Rebecca, my Prima and Jane Davenport watercolors did the job. I also used a few different markers and pens, as well as Derwent Coloursoft Pencils for details, such as the roofs.

I wanted to mention, that when I got to about half way through the piece, it was definitely in the ugly stage. I remembered that Karen at Awesome Art School said don't give up, keep going and I did. I love this piece!

Challenges: 

  https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/11/november-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/11/challenge-202611-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/11/challenge-333.html 

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/11/creative-inspiration-challenges-44.html 

 

In Honor of Veteran's Day!

 

 

I would like to share with you the two men I know and the experiences they had during WWII. This story was written sometime ago and some of it was printed in a national magazine.Here it is, the whole story!
Two Views of World War II
 by Carla Brooke

For just about as far back as I can remember the camera has always been an important element in any events occurring in my family.  Whether it be my first steps or simply a beautiful panoramic view, my father recorded it for all the world to see and admire.
Before I came along dad had plenty of resources for his camera work, for he was stationed in New Delhi, India, as an Army radioman during World War II.  He was considered quite a shutterbug around his base, always on the look out for that great photograph.  While looking dad acquired a good deal of knowledge of the area and was assigned to drive high-ranking officials throughout the provinces.  Many shots taken on these trips later became award-winning photographs in the years following the war.

I recently discovered that my father was not only a wonderfully talented photographer, but a skilled writer as well.  The evidence of this is in the original copy of a story he wrote while on board a ship returning from World war II and illustrated with his own black and white pictures of the soldiers returning home after 33 days at sea.
Here is the original story by my father, Jack Gutstein.

THE PICTURE THAT GOT AWAY
I and about 700 other G.I.’s, were passing our thirty-third day at sea.  Our ship, The General Bliss, was now steaming serenely through peaceful waters, heading for San Francisco.  The Far East was now but an unpleasant memory.  The dangerous passage through the mine-infested Makassar Straits had become a mere passing incident, as was our stop-over in Guam.  Perhaps, there still lingered some impressions of the havoc wrought by war on Manila and Manila Bay; Corregidor, and Bataan, where the marauding Huks hunted, and were hunted, in those far-off green hills.  Gone were those frustrating hours spent in seeking calmer waters so that an appendectomy might be performed upon one of us.  Fragments of the resentment we felt for the poor chow and the bilge in the water lockers were fast melting in the warmth of the sun.

An air of expectancy, an electrical tension seemed to have charged the atmosphere around us.  The hubbub of voices dwindled slowly into silence.  It was a profound silence, but it spoke volumes as faces turned to look upward toward the crow’s nest.  Feet shuffled, someone coughed, a bell sounded somewhere.  Then the silence closed in again.  Only the gentle lapping of the swells along the sides of the ship punctuated the silence.

Then, land ahead!  The cry crackled and whipped throughout the ship.  It was picked up, relayed and relayed again.  Land ahead!  It traveled from prow to stern and amidship faster than here I can possibly tell about it.
Seven hundred G.I.’s then tore away all restraint.  As if ordered by some prearranged command, we started to climb.  Up and over the forbidden top decks we went.  Over the bridge and into the rigging climbed an eager brown horde.  In minutes every high point of vantage held its’ quota of men.  Again faces turned in unison, this time to peer intently toward the eastern horizon toward land, toward home.

Callously, I brought my camera to bear upon some of the faces around me.  The first face I focused upon disturbed me.  With the second, I found myself lowering the camera gently to my side.  Guiltily I looked about me!  I felt as though I were a trespasser.  As though I were violating the innermost privacy of each of the men I chanced to scrutinize.  On these faces were painted pictures of joy such as I have never before witnessed.  All about me moistened eyes told the story.  Here, campaign-hardened veterans, from the fetid, stinking jungles of Burma, the desert of India and other black holes of the orient, were standing unmasked for all to see.
Gingerly I changed position.  Eagerly, I let my eyes strain forward, my being filled with an explosive mixture of emotions.  Spontaneously, I joined in the wild cheering when we sighted the Golden Gate Bridge.  We were home.

Photography isn’t just limited to my side of the family.  My father-in-law, Anthony Brooke Sr., who caught the camera bug from his father, Arthur Brooke (a photographer in World War I), was born in Los Angeles, but grew to his mid-teens on a farm owned by his grandparents in England.  His parents, British subjects, were separated.  The farm is where young Tony became “fascinated by motion pictures and always wanted to be a cameraman,” he told me.

In 1938 my father-in-law rejoined his mother in New York and in 1943 married Marjorie Sugerman.  By the time my husband Anthony Brooke Jr. was born the following year, Tony was in a foxhole in Normandy.  He had been drafted in 1943, just when film director George Stevens began assembling the Special Coverage Unit of the U.S. Army Signal Corps.  As part of  “the Stevens Unit” or “the Hollywood Irregulars,” Tony became part of the small camera teams who moved from army to army covering the major events of the war.   Tony’s unit was based in London and “assigned like any news team.”  On D-Day he recalled, “the roar of thousands of planes overhead, bound for French targets.”

He started shooting the Canadian units at Gold Beach in Normandy, who met with little resistance, compared with the fierce fighting on Omaha Beach.  From there he was on his way to Paris with Gen. George Patton.  Once there he had incurred Patton’s wrath, when Tony replaced a carbine he carried with a pearl-handled pistol.  Patton, a stickler for rules, spotted the pistol and glared at Tony.

On the way to Germany, Tony shot a documentary on the second battle of Dunkirk, where German troops had breached the sea wall, surrounding themselves with water.  Czech troops fighting in the Allied cause surrounded the Germans and Tony filmed the siege until the Germans surrendered.  For this Tony won the Czechoslovakian Medal of Merit.  He went on to film the horror of the Nazi concentration camps and his final assignment was covering the Potsdam Conference, where President Truman, British Prime Minister Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin were deciding the shape of the post war world.

My father-in-law Tony Brooke won a Bronze Star for having “moved forward with advanced elements of United States troops in order to obtain more spectacular photographic coverage.”  He also got a commendation from Gen. Eisenhower as a member of the Special Motion Picture Coverage Unit.

Back in the States Tony became a union member which won him work as a skilled cameraman.  He worked for many years shooting television commercials and also helped to shoot several major motion pictures, before retiring to Las Cruces, New Mexico.

My husband Anthony Brooke Jr., who was stationed in Alaska during the Vietnam War, is a retired motion picture cameraman, who also shot many, many commercials and movies, now takes pleasure in digital still photography.  Sandy’s photographs have found their way into many newspapers, magazines and several art shows.  Photography continues to be a major focus in my family.

 

Farm Boy Mixed Media

 

After I won a contest at Plum Loved Art, I chose the "Andy Boys" file on Etsy. This is my second adorable little boy file, that I have worked on. This cute boy is #20 out of 27 in the set. I used the digital image for my reference.

 I drew this boy first using my Graphgear Pencil on Fabriano 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper. After drawing the boy, I put in the farm foreground. I outlined the composition with fineliners (not water-soluble). I painted this cutie first using Prima, Jane Davenport. 

 I began painting the grass. After the grass was dry I used clear water for the sky around the tree, barn and fence. I  followed that by painting a light wash of blue with Jane Davenport Watercolors. I used Jane Davenport Watercolors to paint the tree and barn and also Arteza, yellow Ochre gouache for the hey under this cutie! I added some detail with fineline pens and I white gell pen.

I so love how this piece came out!

Challenges: 

  https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/11/november-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/11/challenge-202611-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/11/challenge-333.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/10/classic-design-challenge-10-2026-octnov.html 

Sunset in Mixed Media

 I recently took a look around online for something new and interesting and different to paint. Years ago I used to follow tutorials by artist Cinnamann Cooney known as the Art Sherpa. She passed away in 2024 and as a tribute to his wife, John Cooney continues to post Cinnamann's tutorials online.

Her painted "Sunset in Watercolor in Watercolor" is wonderful.

I followed her tutorial using an Arches 140 lb. cold press watercolor block with Jane Davenport watercolors. When I got to the bottom I used black Arteza  gouache. I felt it would cover the watercolor easily.

Cinnamann didn't add the sun until the end of the video. I had another idea. Before I painted all those colors of the sky, I used Brea Reese Masking Fluid in the circle of the sun. I let it dry and painted the sky. Later I rubbed the fluid off.

I enjoyed this piece so much and will look for more.

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/11/november-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/11/challenge-202611-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-332.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/11/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

Autumn Andy

 

I recently won a set of digital images from Plum Loved Art. The file I chose is "Andy Boys." They are all just adorable and hard to pick which to work with first. This delightful boy is #3 out of 27 in the set and is my reference for this piece.

I drew this boy first using my Graphgear Pencil on Fabriano 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper. After drawing the boy, I put in the park background. I outlined the composition with fineliners (not water-soluble). I painted Andy first using Prima and Jane Davenport Watercolors.

 I began painting the background with the park path. Then I used clear water for the sky around the trees, followed by a light wash of blue.

I drew overlapping leaves in the lower right bush and painted those in light washes of color, with a black background. I used a fineliner for the leaf veins.

I used Jane Davenport Watercolors to paint the tree, blending the paint on the tree tops. After the painted trees dried I used Jane Davenport Watercolors again to paint the grass.

I love how this piece came out!

 Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/11/november-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/11/challenge-202611-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-332.html 

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2026/10/allys-angels-111-anything-goes-theme.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/11/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

 

 

Trick or Treat Mixed Media

 This is the first page of my third Canson XL Watercolor Sketch Book. I'm delighted with how it came out using a girl from my digital image file that I redesigned. I bought the image originally at Etsy from Pizot.

I drew the image with a Graphgear Pencil and use it as my reference. I added a partial background behind her from a tutorial by Rebecca at "The Art Spirits." I outlined the composition with a variety of fine liners, making sure they were not water-soluble. nI don't want them to bleed. I painted the girl first using Prima, Jane Davenport and Winsor Newton watercolors. I brushed clear water in the sky area and painted a light blue wash. I used the same three watercolor sets to complete the painting.

I'm so happy to be using what I've learned to have fun with my art.

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2026/10/288-ocotber-18-mirtillamente.html 

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-challenge-92-anything-goes.html 

Haunted House

I had some fun putting a couple of Karen Campbell's drawings together from her book, "31 Days of Baby Boos and Spooky Dudes. I used my Graphgear Pencil, a couple of fineline pens and Jane Davenport watercolors in my Canson XL Watercolor Book.

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2026/10/halloween.html 

https://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2026/10/288-ocotber-18-mirtillamente.html 

 

Pumpkin Witch

 

I'm nearing the end of my Canson XL watercolor book and decided to try and fill the remaining pages with either Halloween or Autumn paintings.

While flipping through tutorials online I came across this "Pumpkin Witch," from Lindsay Weirich the "The Frugal Crafter," on YouTube. It's so fun and perfect for my last few pages in my book.

I drew my image using Lindsay's for a reference with a Graphgear Pencil. I painted the image using Jane Davenport watercolors. I used a variety of markers for details to enhance the painting.

Challenges:

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spooky Folk Art Landscape

 

This "Spooky Folk Art Landscape" is from a wonderful tutorial by Rebecca from "The Art Spirits." I often check out tutorials on the internet. Now that I'm not in art school, I have time to try new ones out. Rebecca has quite a few tutorials online. Her tutorials are calm and at a slow pace. The line drawings are free. I use them for a reference and draw them freehand for my own version, with a Graphgear Pencil, in a Canson XL watercolor sketchbook. I used a variety of markers for details and white Holbein Artist's Gouache to enhance the piece with lots of dots.

Before painting I used Brea Reese Masking Fluid over the pumpkins and painted them orange later. I painted the piece with Jane Davenport Watercolors and Master's Touch Metallic Semi-moist Cakes.

I'm looking forward to doing more of Rebecca's tutorials.

Challenges: 

  https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-331.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

 

Fancy Pumpkin

 

Terry Mead taught a lovely tutorial at Plum loved Art yesterday. It is on video in the files.

I drew this piece following Terry's instruction, with Graphgear Pencil and painted it with Jane Davenport watercolors. I added dark outlines and patterns with a Pentel Brush Marker.

It was fun and relaxing to work on this painting!

Challenges: 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-winners-330.html 

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-105.html 

Curly Top

 

This fellow is part of my child artist digital file from Etsy. The file is from ArtOutrageos. I used a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil to drew him in my Canson Watercolor Book. I outlined the image of the "Little Boy With Pencil," with a Micron Pen and painted him with Jane Davenport Watercolors.  

I drew and painted the background on this piece freehand and love the way it looks! I'll be doing more of these, I enjoy working with just a reference  or two and design my piece without a tutorial. I'm truly progressing on my art journey!

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-331.html 

 

 

 

Underwater Dreams Mixed Media

 

I'm so glad, I had time to check out the Tasters at "A Year of wild Nature." The mermaid from Tamara Laport's "Underwater Dreams" was a blast to work on. I learned so much in the process!

I used a Graphgear Pentel Pencil on Fabriano hot press 140 lb. watercolor paper and used Jane Davenport and Prima watercolors to paint this mermaid. I also used fine line markers, gell pen, Holbein Artests' Gouache and a blending stump.

I'm delighted with this piece. 

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html 

https://alessandrasangels.blogspot.com/2026/09/allys-angels-110-anything-goes-theme.html 

 

Art in the Park

 

 

I recently left Karen Campbell's Awesome Art School, deciding it was time to move on in my art journey. I've learned so much to improve my skills at the school. I also want to work on more pieces to send to Art2Hearts.com. In doing so I've worked on my style. 

I love collecting child digital images and putting them in scenes. I enjoy drawing the child freehand and the background around it. The background is sometimes from my imagination and other times from a second digital image. Either way both are done freehand.

Occasionally I'll go back to some free tutorials, which I can find online, but the child scenic compositions have become my focus. 

This cutie is part of my child artist digital file from Etsy. The file is at Art Outrageous. I drew her on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil and I outlined the image with a Micron Pen. I used a pencil and a blending stump for the shading. I used a Gell Roll Pen for a couple of highlights.

I drew the park setting freehand including her easel, where she painted the treed property line. I painted this piece with Jane Davenport watercolors. I used Arteza gouache for her hair to be able to cover the trees behind her head. 

I enjoyed working on this painting very much!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-202610-anything-goes.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-330.html 

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/10/creative-inspiration-challenges-43.html 

Happy House Plants

 This "Happy House Plants," tutorial is by Karen Campbell for Awesome Art School.

I drew the basic shapes for each of the plants in my Canson Watercolor Book, using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil and Prima Watercolor sets to paint the plants. I enhanced the piece with Prismacolor Pencils and Holbein Artists' Gouache.

It took most of the day to get this done, but it looks fine now!

Challenges: 

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/10/october-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-330.html 

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/10/creative-inspiration-challenges-43.html 

https://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2026/10/580-october-1-sparkle-shine-star-stampz.html 

 

Rusalka of the River

 

This lovely image is from a tutorial by Karen Campbell for "A Year of Magic and Fairy Tales." Her name is Rusalka and she is a dangerous, female water spirit in Russian folklore, who often lures humans to their deaths. Once a victim gets close the spirit drags them underwater.

I drew this dangerous spirit following Karen's instructions and used her traceable for a reference, using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil. The piece is on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper. I used a Prima Currents watercolor palette. I used a Blackwing pencil and a paper blending stump for shading used in her eyes and a Micron Pen for her eye makeup. I also a white Gelly Roll Pen for the highlights.

It was fun to choose the greens and blues for this image! I'm really happy with how the image came out.

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-202609-anything-goes-w.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge_01035597380.html 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-858.html 

Magical Potions

 

This piece is from a tutorial by Andrea Gomull for "A Year of Magic and Fairy Tales."

Using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil, I drew the image following Andrea's direction, onto my Arches watercolor block. I used a Micron Pen for outlining work and painted with Jane davenport Watercolors. I used Holbein  Artists' white gouache for dots and highlights. I enhanced the piece with Prismacolor Pencils.

This was a fun piece to work on!

Challenges: 

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-202609-anything-goes-w.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge_01035597380.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/classic-design-challenge-09-2026-sepoct.html 

Lighthouse Dream

 

I've been doing art tutorials for a number of years, the last three years at Karen Campbell's online Awesome Art School. There are also many art tutorials online, given freely. I have taken advantage of many. I can honestly say my skills have improved thru the years and I've learned so many wonderful techniques!

I have found that saving digital files on Etsy in the themes I'm interested in and using them as references has helped me to create my own original art. I enjoy drawing my own version of digital images. I have been offered templates freely to use in my work. Sometimes I  can combine both kinds of references in the process and arrive at original art work. This is how I got the "Lighthouse Dream."

I used a lighthouse digital image from  Plum Loved Art  (Wonky Walls and Titled Tops #29) on Etsy and part of a scenic template from Artsydee.com to draw this scene in my Canson Watercolor Book, using a Graphgear 1000 Pencil . I outlined the picture with a Micron Pen and painted it with Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors. I used Prismacolor Pencils and a blending stump for shading and white Holbein Artist's Gouache for highlights.

This picture represents a new level of my artistic journey. I couldn't be happier with this piece.

Challenges:  

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-202609-anything-goes-w.html 

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-104.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge_01035597380.html 

Lady of the Greenwood

  

 This mixed media piece was inspired from a tutorial by Effy Wild for "A Year of Magic and Fairy Tales."

I followed Effy's  instruction until I didn't. I went on my own art journey. Effy did say "...Art it's not about the supplies." So I used what was in my stash and made it work for me.

 I began this piece drawing the image with a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper. I outlined and patterned the piece with a  Micron Pen and painted it using Jane Davenport Watercolors. From there I drew and filled the spaces with numerous pens including Posca, Staedtler, Faber Castell Pitt and Gen Crafts Watercolor Markers. I enhanced the piece with Prismacolor Pencils and a Gelly Roll pen.

I loved working on this piece and how it is a bit like Effy's, but a lot like my own piece! So fun!

Challenges: 

   https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-202609-anything-goes-w.html 

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-329.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge_01035597380.html 

Wing Things Pages 5 and 6

 

These adorable characters are from Karen Campbell's book "Whimsical Watercolor and How to Draw Series Wee Wing Things." These are my fifth and sixth pages, I worked on in Karen's book. They are the last ones. I'm done, I did all 18 of these characters!

The images were drawn on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper, using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil. Shadow was added with a Blackwing-Matte Pencil and a blending Stump. I painted them with Jane Davenport watercolors. I used Micron pens for outlines and some of the details. Some touches of color was done using Master's Touch Fineliner Markers. Highlights were done using a Gelly Roll Pen.

I followed Karen's detailed directions for each image. The characters names on page 5 are: Bewildered Beetle Bob, Thee Wee Flea and Sweet Seagull Sally. The ones on page 6 are: Dedicated Dennis! Croonin Clyde! and Crickie Candlewickie!

It was a fun book of characters to work on. I can't wait to see the next book Karen Campbell puts out....drawing storefronts!

Challenges: 

  https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-202609-anything-goes-w.html 

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge_01035597380.html 

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/08/classic-design-challenge-08-2026-augsep.html 

Wing Things Pages 3 and 4

 

 

These fun characters are from Karen Campbell's book "Whimsical Watercolor and How to Draw Series Wee Wing Things." These are my third and fourth pages, each with characters I worked on from Karen's book.

The images were drawn on Fabriano hot press watercolor paper, using a Graphgear 1000 Pentel Pencil. Shadow was added with a Blackwing-Matte Pencil and a blending Stump. I painted them with an assortment of palettes from Prima and Jane Davenport. I used Micron pens for outlines and some of the details. Some touches of color was done using Master's Touch Fineliner Markers. Highlights were done using a Gelly Roll Pen.

I followed Karen's step by step details for each image. The characters names on page 3 are: Tippie Twinkletoes, Flowery Flutterer and Flippity Fly. The ones on page 4 are: Had Enough, Fluff, Happily Hoppity and Squawkin Steven. 

They were fun to work on. I'll be back with more fun images from this book.

Challenges:

 https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-2026-anything-goes-w-optional.html 

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2026/09/challenge-202609-anything-goes-w.html 

 https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/09/september-2026-challenge-91-anything.html

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/challenge-327.html