Today's art: Poppy in Alcohol Marker & Pencil Crayon: My 1st Time using Alcohol Markers

 My First Time using Alcohol Markers

Poppy done in Alcohol Marker and Pencil Crayon

I bought a set of Bianyu Alcohol Markers off Amazon.ca on sale for $36.99 for a set of 72 markers complete with carrying case and blender.

Bianyu Markers

The above pic is from Amazon and this is exactly what I used.

I have never used Alcohol Markers before and was worried about the smell, but unless you stick them directly under your nose and sniff, they weren't strong and I didn't even notice any smell for the entire time I was drawing/coloring (about 2 hours). 

I used this photo by James Lee as a reference photo, found on unsplash, which has royalty free photos. You can find it here: poppy reference photo.

I sort of followed this tutorial by The Frugal Crafter, Lindsay Weirich, on Youtube. You can find it here: Poppy tutorial

I say sort of because Lindsay is a real artist and she's really good and I am just learning, so I wasn't able to follow exactly. For one, I need more practice with sketching lol.  I really like her tutorials though; she's really good.

Winter Scenery with Birds

 I really enjoyed doing this tutorial by Tatiana from Tatyworks on Youtube. It took me 4 hours and 16 minutes to do the original painting in green, white, and black, and then another half hour or so to play around with the color balance to get this color, which I like a lot better. 

Winter Scenery original colors

I think I like stylized art the best; it sort of reminds me of storybooks i used to read as a child.  Like a cross between realism and fantasy? 

I don't know, I just like it, lol.

This was a very challenging tutorial for me, and I got frustrated at times...not with the drawing, that was fine, but with my memory.  You'd think I could remember something I listen to 5 seconds after hearing it, but no, i had to keep stopping and replaying every bit of the tutorial. 

 I keep forgetting how to use Procreate. I need to use it more frequently. I really let a lot of time go by between this painting/drawing and the last.  Oops. 

There were supposed to be berries on the little bush that the bird is sitting on. I drew them but they disappeared when I merged the layers.  I didn't notice they were gone until just this second, lol.  I can add them back tomorrow; I'm too tired now, and also, I need to charge my Ipad.

If you want to try this tutorial, you can find it here: Winter Scenery by Tatyworks