Our SVS Virtual Studio FEBRUARY 🙃2021

[Jeremiahbrown]

So I'm making the jump from Adobe to Affinity products (because the cost for Adobe is crazy for someone just starting out and only needs Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) and tested out Affinity Photo last night. Went for a poor man's Kim jung gi approach with nothing specific in mind. I think I'm mostly happy with Affinity Photo for my needs. As another thread pointed out it's 50% and there's a 90 day free trial so there's not too much to lose.

[K.Flagg]

@HeatherBouteneff Thanks Heather! Mine too! I'll post the final pics when I get it finished.

[braden H]

Middle grade interiors in a vacuum didn't make much sense, so I'm making some mock ups.

[carlianne]

I wanted to fill my Instagram with photobombing pets so I started a dtiys

[xin li]

A sketch I prepared for a watercolour/gouache + color pencil painting. Well, I actually do not know what I am going to use to paint it. I just want to do the painting traditionally.

[K.Flagg]

@xin-li this idea is great! I can't wait to you finish it traditionally ...it will be gorgeous

[Coreyartus]

Late-night doodling. Developing a body of work I can put into a calendar.

[KaraDaniel]

Revisiting an old sketch. First time pre-deciding my color palette in hopes it will make the process go more smoothly. How do y'all decide what colors to use? I saw an image and liked the colors so I'm going to try and emulate them in this painting.

[Valerie Light]

I've been thinking about the new Mars rover, and I imagined it had a personality, and wound up with this. I'm in love with it.

[MissMushy]

Been all over the map this month so far. Taken on the draw 2500 challenge - so been working on drawing heads of mostly kids

Then switched back to pets for a couple days

I am trusting this will somehow help me get better lol

[Mara Price]

@donnamakesart Lee White always encourages us to find an easy process. They are both beautiful. Congratulations have FUN!

[Tiffany Thomas]

Hi Everyone!!! It's so awesome to see what you all have been working on so I figured I'd share a piece I made this weekend. I've been going back and forth between watercolor and digital painting, so yesterday I decided I would try combining the two. I used the watercolor like an under painting and then added the digital painting on top. Overall I think I'm happy with the effect of the layering but I'm definitely going to explore more to see if I can capture a bit more of the watercolor feel.

Here is the watercolor underpainting and the final version with the digital painting.

[chrisaakins]

Painting some clouds. Practicing my digital painting. I think I am getting pretty good, I must admit. Well, at least I am pleased with my progress.

[chrisaakins]

I added some cacti. Ooooooo. I like it.

[Kim Rosenlof]

@carlianne I love the texture on this. So nice!

[carlianne]

@Kim-Rosenlof thank you!

[holleywilliamson]

Working on a few pieces for my daughter’s room, this is the first one

[Melissa_Bailey]

@Tiffany-Thomas I’ve been experimenting with the same thing! Actually working on a book project right now where the backgrounds are watercolor sunsets, then scanning and adding the foreground digitally. So far, really liking the process! How about you?

[xin li]

@Tiffany-Thomas I love this piece. I think the combination of water color and digital is very successful here. Looking forward to see more with similar techniques.

@Melissa-Bailey-0 I have been thinking doing my next book with traditional and digital combo. I will probably bug you and Tiffany for tips soon - All the watercolour scanning, and technical stuff, hehe...

[Tiffany Thomas]

@Melissa-Bailey-0 Yes! I think there is so much potential for exploration here. I've noticed my style changes a bit when I only draw digitally and there is just something fun and unexpected that happens when you use mediums that are a bit unpredictable (such as watercolor). My background is fine art so I'm used to letting the mediums do a bit of their own thing as part of my process. On the other hand I love the control I have with digital, I can re-size, recolor, layer and move things around if needed, but I'm a bit of an over renderer so I think trying to find balance between the two will be good for me. Are you drawing in Photoshop after you scan your watercolor images?