I used to be provided to Lee Kow Fong’s illustration when my wife picked up one amongst his books that came with a Chinese language song CD, with the plot of bettering my daughter’s Chinese language. As for me, I used to be attracted to his watercolour illustrations as a result of they’ve feeling, colours are sexy, and he tells whimsical studies by his photography. Seeing how he handles his watercolour, I felt that I could perchance beef up in that department. I can impact free care-free watercolours, nevertheless his watercolours are completely different. They’re managed yet free. And he uses classical watercolour tactics- wet on wet, wet on dry, and heaps others. I deal with that there are aloof unexplored areas I can mission into and beef up on. I could perchance beef up in doing extra managed watercolour illustrations.
I discovered one amongst his books at the library and right here is my strive at learning from his approach. I impact no longer deal with copying every single factor about one more artist’s work. What’s the level in that? Of us would only lisp my work appears to be like deal with that artist. As a alternative, I strive to atomize down the foundations in the lend a hand of one more artist’s work and strive to have a look at it to my have characters and scenes.
The main factor that stands out, is that he uses pen traces for his predominant characters. For objects that are secondary in importance, he uses pencil. That is sparkling. Sad pen traces would impact extra distinction. Extra distinction potential extra attraction. Pencil traces are gray and have lesser distinction nevertheless aloof has extra distinction than none at all. So for the least critical parts, there are no outlines. He moreover uses pencil to color the shadows of the first characters.
I usually exercise my have paper from a paper vendor. So the utilization of appropriate style watercolour paper constantly takes aging to. It is extra costly and I genuinely establish on to fetch over the phobia of ruining it. But I deal with how pigment rests on appropriate style paper.
I did a gentle-weight pencil line drawing first. Erased it flippantly. Painted over with watercolours.
I aloof paid attention to current solutions deal with warmth and cool colours. Perform I desire my image to be extra heat or extra cool. I particular, extra cool. (But I could perchance need added extra heat colours than I intended!)
I used to be looking at how Kow Fong does his leaves. But I moreover added my have arrangement of drawing leaves and adding texture.
Then I made particular to have a look at the honour solutions. Pen traces for the first characters. Pencil outlines for the parts that are secondary in importance and least critical stuff gets no outlines.
My tape kept falling off so my paint bled out the traces. I’m so outdated to wild, crazy hasty free that these appropriate style neat stuff deal with tapes take aging to haha! But I impact deal with that neat border.
This is exclusively my first strive. Many imperfections and unsure turns right here and there in my artwork. No longer too shabby nevertheless has a entire bunch room for enhancements. I could perchance control my colours and amount of water I exercise in my brush, better. And I could perchance beef up on my neatness! Loose and I impact nevertheless being neat is a potential to master! Would possibly want to put collectively this extra!
Mr Lee Kow Fong, if you impact bump into this blogpost, thanks a lot for sharing your characterize with the sphere. They’re inviting and beautiful!
