In honor of the spoopiest month of the year, I've collected all of my orange art supplies
and now I'm going to draw something using Every. Single. One of them.
* Spooky Music*
So I've got all of my orange art supplies on the left side of my desk and
as I use them I will transfer them to the right side.
so starting off I'm going
to be using this Vermillion Prismacolor col-erase Colored pencil.
I actually googled it
Vermillion is technically a red color but I don't have an orange
prismacolor co-erase pencil and Vermillion is the orange-ist of the reds
so I'm gonna let this slide. [hehe]
this is the only "orange" [air quotes] art supply that I
own that is erasable so I'm going to get a lot of use out of this; sketching out
the entire illustration and my idea onto paper before I start adding in those
more permanent colors.
My idea for this drawing was - well I wanted to draw
something, you know, Halloween-themed and I was using the color orange and I had
to think about what's Halloween that's orange but like -- I can't use the color
black because I only have orange and most of my ideas incorporated a lot
more black tones and I don't have those art supplies so I had to think of orange [things]
and the only thing that kept coming to mind was jack-o'-lanterns and I really
wanted to draw a witch with maybe like an orange hat
I thought would be cool
and then I was like well, witches have cauldrons,
butcauldrons are black
what if the cauldron was a jack-o'-lantern!
*mouth click* aye?
heh, that that's how my brain worked at least
and then once the sketch was done I moved on to one of my newest pieces in
my art collection which are my Copic markers and this is the yr 61 or spring orange
and it's actually the lightest orange color that I have.
i swatched
every single [art supply] that I have and this was the lightest one so I decided to
start light and work my way to darker tones because hopefully I mean you can
always sort of get darker for the most part whereas you can't get lighter so I
was like trying to be -- trying to be um stingy with my ink I guess [heh!]
and it was
during coloring her face that I decided I wanted it to be like bottom lit so I
wanted like the cauldron to sort of be glowing and her face to be lit from
beneath and I kind of messed up a bit with her eyelids because I didn't really
know what I was doing at the time but I for that I pretty much stuck to my light source
[I mean] once they decided on a light source, of course, haha
next I used this Ohuhu Dual Tip Brush Pen
and I used this to darken the eyelids to try and give the
illusion that the lights coming from beneath so if your eyelids kind of
protrude a bit from your face they'd be darker on the top half and a little bit
lighter below the eye and then if itd be lighter again right below the
eyebrows if you're kind of thinking of the head in like a 3d shape
like where the shadows would be. I've never done this sort of exaggerated lighting before
so this was definitely a very fun experiment
then I used a good old
Crayola colored pencil in the color yellow orange.
I still own these for some reason. I just can't seem to cut the cord and let them go *emotional tear sniff*
then we have
this Ohuhu Art marker in the color 21 and I didn't really realize this because next
to all my other markers it looks orange but it's definitely the brown-est of my
orange art supplies and this marker ended up being a complete lifesaver
because it is the darkest orange or brown, I guess, *laughs* that I own and it was
really helpful for creating like those differences in tones and contrast
throughout the illustration and you'll see me pick up this marker a lot going
forward like even after I use some more like I'll keep going back to this to try
and darken up areas and this piece was definitely a work in progress as
most mixed media art pieces are and [what's] funny about doing these challenges is I
do my art completely different than how I would usually.
I have like a sort of like an outline that I always follow for my art like I sketch,
then I erase the sketch a little bit, then I add line art and then I add color.
like no matter what medium that's usually what I do whereas when I do these challenges
I do everything so out-of-order and I'm like randomly jumping to different parts of
illustration and tweaking different parts as I go and it's just so different
than what I'm used to and it it kind of like brings a sort of like
experimentation into art that I really really enjoyed doing and yeah that's
what you'll see me do a lot so if any part looks really really ugly right now
I'm gonna work on, it just give me a second,
I was gonna like reassure you and
say it's all gonna turn out fine but *pause* we'll see *laugh*
then I went in with this Zig writer by Kuretaki
and this is actually dual tip it's got one side is a 0.5mm nib
and the other nib is a 1.2mm and I basically just used the
smaller side and used it to create sort of a line art around the face and
try to give some more definition to those facial features
and of course her wart *hehe*
what Witch is complete without a wart?
then I switch to the
larger nib and started coloring in the hair and I wasn't 100% happy
with this tone so you'll see me play around with the hair color
well not the color, the tone -- a lot throughout the rest of this process but
I did go through and fill it all in with that color and then moved on to the next
art supply which is the Crayola magic marker in orange
I'm just hoarding Crayola products at this point because I I don't use them
for anything but I was actually pleasantly surprised with like the tone
of this marker I feel like it's just the brightest funnest orange in my
collection and I use this to just sort of darken the tone of the hair behind
her neck and try to give the illusion that that's like in the farther distance
and like the other hair is more farther forward -- that sort of thing
then I used this Ohuhu art marker in the color 22 and I used it to outline the belt buckle
and the rim of her hat.
then I use the Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth Mondeluz Watercolor Pencil
I don't know how you'd say those things those are all words that are foreign to me
but this is one of several watercolor pencils that I'll be using today
I used this in several places like the hair and cheeks and the nose to sort
of add a little bit more color to the face and also on the belt at the top of
her hat and then I went with my paintbrush with a little bit of water
and smoothed out that color and -- it actually became more vibrant when I
added water to it I like the color better now than when it was just pencils
so yeah that's pretty cool *hehe*
then I use the Staedtler triplus fineliner
and outlined all the bubbles and like sort of the potion and tried to
give that a little bit more definition before I went in with other colors then
I used another Ohuhu art marker, this time in the color f04 and this is not just
another Ohuhu marker -- (I assume) the F stands for fluorescent but you know
how when you use a highlighter you like highlight something
like "oh that is the most gorgeous vibrant color ever" and then you
come back like ten minutes later and it just looks poopy
I have not had that
problem with this marker I'm honestly kind of amazed
I've never had a chance
to use the fluorescent markers that come with the Ohuhu pack so this
was actually really exciting to see how that would work and how you would
incorporate that into a piece and so I used it to color sort of this like
otherworldly color of potion so I feel like it suits the picture pretty well
then since I was coloring in the potion I moved on to this Chalkola Premium Wet Wipe Marker
it's not meant for paper but it's also the second most
fluorescent color of orange that I own so I used that and just added texture to the potion
this is another Ohuhu art marker and this time in the color 23 and
I used this to touch up the hair and sort of add outlines to the pumpkin cauldron
looking back I kind of wish I had added handles to the pumpkin cauldron
you know -- well the jack-o'-lantern cauldron -- I feel like that would have
pushed that idea a little further but hey! [something to leave] for next time!
to color in the pumpkin,
I use this Copic Sketch marker in the color YR15 and it's actually [known as]
the color "Pumpkin Yellow" I didn't even realize this till just now -- okay *hehe*
I used it to color in the pumpkin so I didn't really realize how great Copic markers are
until I'm using them alongside all of my other like cheaper art supplies yeah
just the quality in the way it feels as I brush it on the paper
there's just a little extra something there, a little extra quality I
don't know just the workmanship or something. I don't Know. I just really
enjoyed using this marker and coloring in that pumpkin so I guess I'm just
saying that I'm not regretting paying as much as I did for these so that's a good feeling
-- better than the alternative of that's for sure --
err
also I just wanted to say
really quickly I'm very happy with the way like the part of her hat
turned out without any outlines like I just colored it in with like a flat
color of Copic and it makes me want to really experiment with my style and try
and color something like without line art and see what I could do using Copic
markers so yeah let me know if you think I should try that
I'm kind of excited to try it I really like the way that looks -- anyway moving on to the next
art supply which happens to be this Art-n-Fly Marker in the color 14R
I used this to add even more shading to the bottom of the pumpkin and create
that like rounded shape-ness of a jack-o'-lantern
you know -- then I used another Art-n-Fly Marker, this time the color 23YR and I
used this to like smooth out some more of the texture and the hair trying to
even out that color and darken like the top rim of the Hat so like the part of
the Hat that's not being illuminated by the potion
oh and then I jump back to
that really dark Ohuhu marker and tried to add like strands of hair of frizz, I guess
this is the Goldfaber Aqua Faber-Castell so it's a watercolor pencil
and I had this idea that I would create like sort of a textured backdrop
to the illustration of orange. and I thought this would do the trick by
adding water to it and like smoothing it out but it just --
eww
I really don't like --
I wasn't able to really get rid of those strokes of the pencil and so it was just
kind of mehhh -- I didn't really like it but later I go over it with something else
so don't you worry your pretty little mind
[whispers: even though to be honest I
was freaking out hardcore when I was doing it myself so mhm! ]
abandoning the background for a second and apparently
"to get more fun" [reading]
I switched over to this acrylic Ohuhu marker which I really enjoy using these
things -- they're just paint in a marker, so if you ever wanted to
like paint but you didn't want to get out your paints and you we're wanted to
use a marker instead -- these are the thing for you
I don't know I just did
a little advertisement for them -- I just I like them. I use them to decorate like
birthday presents and stuff like draw over the wrapping paper like with a plain
craft [brown] wrapping paper and then I draw over them with these it's really really fu.
don't know why I felt the need to say that
and now it's time to go back to
that background and finally fix it with this Amsterdam acrylic in the color
vermilion again
oops
it just looks so orange look at it it's just very orange
it's orange enough that's for sure and I actually used this to even out that
background that I had been ignoring for a little while
um I wouldn't normally do this but I wanted to give that illusion of a watercolor
background and this is an acrylic so I decided to experiment and add a little
bit of water to it and try and create a bit of a gradient I'm not sure if you're
supposed to do that I don't think you really are -- but this is a mixed media
piece so I can mix my media with water
that's not why it's called it that's, but that's what I'm doing -- okay...
Okay so I just gave it a Google and you can mix acrylics with
water so it's fine, I don't know why I was being so hard on myself, it says you
can do it to get a bit of more watercolor-y texture which is what I
wanted so [laughs] "aren't I smart" anyway I made it dark at the top of the illustration
and the bottom of the illustration and I sort of like fade into light in the
center where like the potion is, so that it's almost like the potions sort of
giving off a little bit of light that was the theory anyway I don't know if it
worked but I do like the way it turned out I think the gradient really
helped with the piece and I like it
[more assured] I like it!
but i'm not done yet!
I'm using this Ohuhu colored marker dual tip brush pen thing -- I don't know -- it doesn't really
have a name
and I'm using that to add more definition to the hands so
line art on the hands but it well it wasn't dark enough for me so I
switched to a darker dual tip Ohuhu color marker brush tip pen thing and
I did the exact same thing
but with this darker one and I also used actually the
brush tip end of it and darkened up different sections of the illustration I
thought needed a little bit more contrast like the Hat was kind of
blending in with the background so I went around that and things like that
[baby voice: "then I used this w'ittle crayola c'wayon"]
oh gosh so it's awful
I used this
to color like the tight bits of fabric around her arms not sure what those
would be called I guess they're kind of cuffs -- it's like the cuffs of her dress
and then also added a little bit of texture to the bubbles
I like this color because it's a lot lighter than the other oranges and I
think it's just because of the spaces but yeah usually I have a lot of trouble
with the 'cranz' --[re-pronounces]-- "cray-ons" sorry
but I think they suited this illustration
pretty well oh and you'll see here now I went back to that old dark
Ohuhu marker again added in some more definition around the arms and
like the hair and that [stuff]
as you see the further I go into this the more I like
want to darken things up and add contrast because a lot of these colors
are very similar so it was really necessary -- so like I said this marker was a lifesaver
then I used a Papermate Intro Highlighter in the color orange to
fill in that gap that I had left bright white of her dress because I wanted to
-- to give that illusion that the cauldron or the potion was glowing
but I colored it in with this because it's a bit lighter than some of the
other oranges that I have because the white just seemed a little too out there
but I don't know -- I really wish I had a better idea of what I was doing again
I've never really played around with these exaggerated light sources before
and just working on this one made me want to -- play around with it
some more because I really enjoyed the way like the top of the Hat
well the bottom of the Hat actually -- is bright white because there's light, you know? --
hitting it. I just I liked playing around with that and I do what to
continue to in the future
this is the Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencil
I believe these are kind of a big deal
I don't know I'm actually not entirely sure where it's pencil came from but it's orange so I'm using it
basically use this to just blend out some more of the facial features because I really
wasn't happy with the way the face was looking I mean -- it's a witch so I
mean it doesn't have to look like drop-dead gorgeous or anything um
because she's probably got like evil that's eating away at her soul and it
probably also eats away at her face
but I did want to like try and tweak it a
little and hopefully make it a little better
next I use these two Ohuhu Fineliner in orange.
I don't love these I really don't -- if I get rid of any arts supply it's gonna be these.
I've got them in like a bunch of colors and I don't
really like any of them but I just used it to like add some detailed lines
all over the place, here and there, that sort of thing
this is the Derwent Graphik Line painter #02 and honestly it's dying on me --so any
marks I get out of this is going to be a blessing *laughs*
this has like a paint and it's
light and it's also kind of opaque so I was able to use this to draw over the
darkest part -- the brown marker and to create almost
like a 3d effect to the jack-o'-lantern you know like it was actually carved
which I thought "hey! that's pretty cool don't cha' think?"
at this point I realized
I had left a lot of that prismacolor color race pencil sketches/line/things
there so I'm erasing those because the parts that I left bright white I want to
be very bright white to give the illusion of that glowing of the
cauldron so they had to go
and the last orange art supply that I'll be using
today is the Manuscript Calli -*stumbles*- creative Duotip -- I don't know,
it's got "calligraphy" on the pen and I can't read it so --
I'm just using it to
like again play around with that hair cuz I still wasn't in love with it and
that was it for orange art supplies if you remember from the intro I showed
this India ink this Dr. Ph. Martin Bombay India Ink but upon drawing this I
realized that the color was [literally called] "bright red" even though it kind of looked orange and
that was just too red. I wasn't gonna go that red and I think that's cheating so
I didn't use that
then I did some final last tweaks with my trusty [what color was that?] 21 Ohuhu marker
and also after that I realized there was some mistakes that only a white gel pen
could fix and some might consider that cheating but the paper's white so I
don't consider it cheating it's it's almost like using an eraser on things
that can't erase that's how I see it
so I guess that would mean it's cheating
wouldn't it because you're erasing something that can't technically erase
but I don't care I'm using it anyway I'm trying to salvage this as much as
possible because I really didn't love the face I mean there's a lot about this
that just needs more contrast and white is a good way to add contrast so that's
what I did just added some kind of final changes and that was it
and I want to show you what this looks like today I drew this yesterday and today I'm just
looking at it and the cauldron is like really really glowing. I don't understand
what [they've got going on in that] fluorescent Ohuhu marker
I don't know what they've got
going on in there but it just looks like it's glowing
and I need to show you what
it looks like today -- look at that! okay? yeah... anyway
that's the finished illustration
I want to thank you guys for watching coming along with me on
this orange journey
"orange you glad you did?"
harharhar
I hope everyone has a spoopy or spooky Halloween which
ever you prefer I'm more on the spoopy side personally
I hope you have a great October and a
♪ delicious evening full of Waffles! ♪
BYE!!