Posts tagged “watercolour”
Finally finished inking and painting all the robot drawings slated for donor rewards as part of the Toronto Mini Maker Faire’s funding drive. Be sure to click through for full size.
Cross-posted from Picture Book Report.
This was to be the illustration that finally introduced Mr. Willy Wonka. But a few hours at the drawing table left me unhappy with every likeness I came up with. It has proven to be a difficult task to stay true to the text, and create something original, without also being influenced by Quentin Blake’s illustrations and both Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp. So instead, I decided to draw all the kids again as a warm-up exercise. It’s a bit of a departure, stylistically, from the existing entries. Consider it an appetizer for the next illustration which will indeed introduce Willy Wonka, and perhaps several of his tiny Oompa Loompas.
Continuing to figure out how to use watercolours. The dark lines that appear in the painted parts are from the underdrawing, which was done using a super-light grey marker.
