Tuesday, August 6

Watercolor girl

I was inspired to draw and paint tonight. After work I read some of Lucy Knisley's comics and also found a new artist to admire (Kelly Murphy). I've been feeling motivated to draw this whole week thanks to "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie, which I've been reading and loving. It has funny, straight-forward writing enhanced by beautiful comics and drawings by Ellen Forney. I send special thanks to Undercurrents Radio for providing me with my creative work music tonight. After doing this piece, I know I'm going to research how to do skin tones and highlights in watercolor; it's so different from oil painting.

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