Prompt: Ecthelion for Springsss (Patreon)

Here's your prompt, finally - Ecthelion of the Fountain! Water-soluble graphite and white pencil on Clairefontaine mid-tone paper. 

I got this paper yesterday and already love it! It's specifically made for mixed media, has a nice grain, and really takes water well without bending. The water-soluble pencils are perfect on it - they're really fine, so I can grope towards the right line without making a mess. 

I'm determined to take the drive that I've built up over Inktober into the next few months, and I've done a lot of things to make sure it doesn't just run into a dead end. I've subscribed to Focus@Will, a website that plays music tailored to your focusing needs. I've bought headphones to blend out distractions. I've motivational quotes above my workspace, the most important one being: "Your shittiest sketchbook page is still better than the days you decided to not make anything". I came across that one on Facebook the other day and oh boy, it's so true. Inktober has really helped me see that, too. 

The coolest thing I just did today: I reorganised my desk! My workspace is usually a mess. I have my computer there, I do my marking there, and often, there's not even space for art. I used to have all my markers, pencils, brushes, erasers, and STUFF in old mugs. Apart from the fact that I really need those mugs after my discovery of tea, they took up a lot of room on my desk and I still couldn't find things. So I got this today: 

... and it's the BEST THING EVAARR. For Ecthelion, I used three different pencils, two different erasers, and a brush, and it was just no effort, even for a slob like me, to just put them back. 

I think I'm ready for art again. ^____^