Final Illustrations - Week 2 (Patreon)

Hi everyone! ✨

Better late than never, I finally finished all the references from last week! I think there were a few difficult ones, which made me postpone some of them if I'm honest. I also was in my perfectionist mindset and couldn't draw a reference quickly. I tried to get myself loose in the last two references, which helped a lot! I am curious about what you thought about the references I chose.

Although I struggled a bit with the references, I still loved to draw them! Especially the Bassetto guest house in Tuscany and the Mono Lake tree! I'm most proud of the Icelandic waterfall because it really was a hard one and I didn't draw many waterfalls before. But I love the depth I created in the Illustration.

Because I think it was the most challenging reference of last week. I will explain a bit more about my process of drawing the Icelandic waterfall.

Step 1 - Making a sketch

The first thing I almost always do is make a quick sketch with one of the base colours in the reference. For this one, I used a light green pencil. This way I will know where the hills will be and where the waterfall is placed in the illustration. You can also still make some mistakes and erase lines during this phase. It's important to get the perspective of the waterfall right to make it look grand and majestic.

Step 2 - Adding the base layer

For the base layer, I used the following brush pen colours:

Tombow 133 (light green), 126 (Olive green) and 451 (Light blue)

Ecoline 374 (Beige)

To see where you have to put which colour, it's a good idea to look at the image through your eyelashes. This way you will simplify the image and see better where the lighter parts are and where the darker parts are. It's best to keep it simple by adding the base layer because you can add more shading with your pencils later on.

Make sure to leave a lot of white space in the waterfall itself. Only a few parts have a bit of a blue colour. To get it right, think of how the waterfall works. When water falls or moves more quickly, it looks white. When it's flowing, it's blue.

Step 3 - Fill it in with coloured pencils

For the pencil layer, I used two shades of green and a dark brown for the shading in the hills, rocks, and grass. For the waterfall, I used my dark indigo pencil to mark some darker parts. To make it more smooth, you can use a light blue colour to blend it a bit.

I hope this little step-by-step post helps you a bit, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

Have an amazing rest of your day! 🌸

Love, Celyn