I decided to start with colour and material experimentation, with those I am familiar with, what I am drawn to, and the opposite; colours I usually shy from and new materials to push myself out of my comfort zone.
I started with laying down a variety of base colours and working on top of them with various materials; water-soluble crayon, pencil and brush pen. The base layer was always gouache to create a matt finish.
The purple/lilac background were the most appealing of the experiments, however its obvious that darker background colours are difficult to work over; this made it difficult to create details, the base gouache interfered with brush pens. Whilst I enjoyed the overall nighttime feel of these, it wasn't what I what I envisioned.
I next went onto playing with colour pallets using pencil and brush-pens. Including some rough and quick landscapes to test them out.
I next went onto playing with colour pallets using pencil and brush-pens. Including some rough and quick landscapes to test them out.
I'm always drawn to pink and green, so spent a little longer doing two full scenes from reference photos.
Materials used: Tom-bow brush pens, Neocolour II, Lumiance pencils.