Celestial Friend 1/3 ✨ Process + Preview (Patreon)

Hello Patrons !

I spent my weekend working on this new painting ! The horse was the first one I sketched on my iPad, so I thought I would paint this series in the same order I sketched them (horse, fish, herons).

First step : I printed out the Procreate sketch on paper, and traced it on watercolor paper with my light table :

I always outline the important lines with black acryla gouache before painting, so that it's still visible underneath the first layer of paint !

Orange + blue
It was tricky to figure out a nice way to create this gradient !!

Closer look at the brushstrokes that create the orange-blue / blue - black gradients 

✨ Sparkles ✨

And here's the final illustration !

Colors I used :

That's it for today ! Next : goldfish 🐟✨

Thanks again for the support on Patreon !! 🧡🌷🥰

Hugs,

Sibylline