The Details : Day 02

Book: Johanna Basford's Enchanted Forest
Media: Derwent Inktense 72 with water brush
Colours: Apple Green 1400, Field Green 1500, Fern 1560, Fuchsia 0700, Deep Violet 0760, Mustard 1700, Tangerine 0300, Golden Yellow 0230
Time: 4 hours (yesterday)

I stopped yesterday all iffy about the purples or amount of purples all clumped together ~ top right hand side of the photo above. Can you see the purple cluster?

My favourite bits are the fuchsia flowers with the mustard tips. I think they turned out the best. And they look great against the green and yellow lily pads.

I think this is where the purple fails. It just doesn't look like it complements the blue of the river and vice versa. This is what I mean when I say I suck with colours.

I'm undecided about the background. I am terrible with backgrounds, I think I lack the imagination to be honest. Some people create entire scenes with their background and here I am, can't even think of colours for it, so I'm just gonna cross that bridge when I get to it. Maybe by the time I'm done with the river something would have popped up.

Day 03

Today I'm hoping to finish the entire top half.

• Fine tune the purples. Maybe make it darker and add more red to it.

• The frog needs attention, I was thinking dark green with orange spots in the middle with an apple green border so it doesnt get lost in the blue of the river.

• The fish needs a bright yellow tint to give it a bit of a glow.

• The duck and the treasure chest are my problem bits today, along with that, I dont know what it is, by the frog.

And if I have time, I'd love to get the bottom half done too.

I wanted to bring the pinks and greens down to bottom in hopes it will give the whole page a balanced look. I got started, but it needs more layers of colour, it's looking a bit flat.

Ok, here we go!

(My fur baby is in position. He loves it when I colour in.)

First up, the gold fish. Gave it a layer of sherbet lemon across the belly and alternated it in the scales.

The thingy bob by the frog I decided to do in orange and yellow. If anything just cos I thought it would pop against the blue.

The frog has apple green legs with a touch of sherbet yellow, a field green belly with fern overlay.

I didn't want to get too fancy with the duck. I felt with everything already going on, it might stand out better simple.

And the top half is done.

Now to the bottom half.

Loving the fuchsia and mustard together, I decided to use the same colours for these flowers. When I was done though, I took a step back and felt blah about it. It just didn't have the same cuteness.

As for the boat, I liked iron blue and cherry red together with payne grey, the same grey as the skulls just to bring that colour back in.

I also added it to the blah flowers and I think it worked well.

A few more touches of colour and this is where I'm at, at the end of day 3.

I'm almost there! Just a few more leaves, few more layers of colour just to make it brighter and that's the main picture done.

I'm now stressing about the background... Should I do it? Or not? I'm pretty sure tomorrow is background day and I do not have a plan.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Do you like colouring in too?

❤ Arly