Cake

This is my picture for Illustration Friday the theme is cake.

This is only the second time I've ever used watercolor pencils. The first time was the previous post, Biscuits and Beer. When I finished Biscuits and Beer I was a little disappointed because I didn't like how the ink smeared. Gorky informed me that it was because I was supposed to do the inking last. That sounded crazy to me how the Hell do you know where the paint goes? Anyhow, Gorky's the artist so I tried it her way. Here's the steps I used.

I drew the sketch using my Faber-Castle 3-H pencil on a piece of watercolor paper provided by Gorky.

Next, I erased the sketch leaving only a faint outline and colored it in with some watercolor pencils, also provided by Gorky.

After that I got a brush wet and spread the color around.

The last step was to ink it in with my beloved Gel-Roller. Gorky was right. The ink didn't smudge. Thanks Gorky.

There's a story that goes with this picture but it was so long I decided to make that story a different post. It's a pretty good story. Gorky thinks so too. It's just a little longer that my normal posts. Anyhow, if you want to read the story click HERE!

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