It was a good weekend

[wyld_dandelyon]

I even got Mother's Day flowers!



You can see my sister's paints around the edges of the picture. I found myself in Chicago before I realized Sketchfest was happening.

I'm left with the question: Why are sea monsters easier to paint than people???

Now I'd better pay some bills and then maybe I'll have time to scan some paintings.

Comments

[red-trillium.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful flowers! Gorgeous colorings. I'm glad it was a great weekend. I hope your Mother's Day was wonderful and full of love and appreciation.

I think sea monsters are easier to draw because there is a lot of variety that can go into a sea monster--any colour, noses in any place and of any type, same with mouths and ears. You can have fins or claws or tentacles or anything. But people are harder I think because there is an overall set figure: eyes/nose/mouth in one place, fairly limited palette (you can't do a realistic purple human). There are also a lot of humans for reference so your Critical Self says "that isn't right--that is the wrong shape--wrong placement" etc.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

I'm delighted with the roses! They're only now starting to show their age, but are still quite pretty enough to enjoy.

If I was drawing any old sea monsters, I'd agree, but I'm drawing Torn World sea monsters, where I have to match canon, so I can't be randomly creative.