The Opal Knight -Raven hair woven with pearls, armour shimmering like mother of pearl in the sun, armed with a sword that’s blade swirls with opal fire. Do not be dazzled by her. Do not be fooled by delicacy and grace. She is harder than stone and swifter than lightning.
Finished ink drawing with some photoshop edits. Inspired by traditional Armenian costume and pattern.
A belated Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Wishing you all peace and joy for the year ahead!
Continuing with my Art Deco Christmas dress designs, this year is Holly.
“Of all the trees that are in the wood
The holly bears the crown”
Sweet Violet Fairy loved to paint the forest floor with her vibrant flowers spreading their sweet aroma.
The second of my fairy illustrations done in Copic Multiliner pens and white colored pencil.
Common plants, edible, medicinal or merely weeds are still beautiful.
Fairy of the Dandelions, playful and small, likes to see her wishing seeds dancing in the air.
Copic Multiliner pens and white colored pencil on brown paper.
From concept and reference to finished inks this piece took about 3 hours.
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Dancing! Drawing! Disco! Dr. Sketchy’s Life drawing with The SuperVixens! What a way to end the year! Thank you Mel for an amazing year of Dr. Sketchys <3
Very rapid sketches trying to capture as much of these gorgeous groovy gals as I could.
Merry Christmas to all my Dr. Sketchy’s art family and I can’t wait to see you all next year!
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Drawings from last month’s session of Dr Sketchy’s Melbourne featuring the beautiful Bella Dejac and Kerry Whittle from Beast Burlesque.
They enchanted us with their grace and power, spinning dark and poignant fairytales.
#inktober2017 Week 4 Wrap Up:
And another #inktober comes to an end. Although rough and a few times very rushed I managed to illustrate one fairytale everyday for a month! Like every year its is a mixture of relief, pride and saddness that its finished.
Day 22: Peter Pan
Day 23: The Blacksmith and the Devil
Day 24: Alice in Wonderland
Day 25: The Goose Girl
Day 26: East of the Sun West of the Moon
Day 27: Pinnochio
Day 28: The Elves and the Shoemaker
Day 29: Bluebeard
Day 30: The Tinderbox
Day 31: The Singing Bone
Thank you all for following along and for all your support! ♥
#inktober2017 Week 3 Drawings:
Day 15: The Wild Swans
Day 16: Rapunzel
Day 17: Sleeping Beauty
Day 18: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Day 19: The Nightingale
Day 20: Puss in Boots
Day 21: Aladin and the Wonderful Lamp
Only a few more days left!
Drawings from Week 2 of #inktober2017. I’m trying not to spend too long on these drawing. Including re-reading the story/summary, research, rough sketch and finished ink I am spending less then 2 hrs on each.
Day 8: The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Day 9: The Frog Prince
Day 10: The Little Mermaid
Day 11: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Day 12: The Princess and the Pea
Day 13: Little Red Riding Hood
Day 14: Thumbelina
I decided to keep going with the PITT pens. Even the smallest one doesn’t have a very fine point so I can’t spend too long adding in tiny details.
#Inktober2017 Week 1
This year I’ve chosen ‘Fairytales’ as my theme. Some I know very well and some I am enjoying learning more about as I do them.
Day 1: Beauty and the Beast
Day 2: Cinderella
Day 3: The Ugly Duckling
Day 4: Rumpelstiltskin
Day 5: The Snow Queen
Day 6: Hansel and Gretel
Day 7: Snow White
For theses drawings I’ve been experimenting with some PITT pens I received as a gift and a cheap Japanese calligraphy brush pen. I have been enjoying the PITT brush pen and the calligraphy brush but I can’t get the fine line quality I want from the felt tips. I’m torn between sticking with them for consistency or going back to by trusty micro pens.