I’ve been having fun playing with my watercolors<\/a>, and decided to try a new type of project. While I have a comfortable grasp on drawing portraits<\/a>, I haven’t spent much time adding color to them.<\/p>\n

While my sis-n-law was visiting and trying on a hat that I crocheted, I snapped a quick photo of her. Currently in the middle of re-reading the Harry Potter books, it occurred to me that the image would make a great illustration of a witch.<\/p>\n

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I quickly sketched her out and added some color to the sketch. Definitely not my best drawing, but as a proof-of-concept for a new-ish style and the addition of color, it worked fairly well.<\/p>\n

After years of practice capturing every detail<\/a> and trying to draw realistic images<\/a>, I am trying to develop a looser, sketchy style. I love the zig-zags in the hat and the wrinkles in the bottom right corner of the shirts, so I’m making progress.<\/p>\n

A fun experiment, one well worth\u00a0repeating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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