Wind in the Water

I really enjoyed dabbling with the watercolours the other day, so I decided to paint the other two characters from Wind in the Willows: Ratty and Mr. Badger. I'm really pleased with these little sketches, I like how playful it is and I look forward to doing some more in depth paintings. I want to work on layering and including more detail, as these are pretty basic. I might however prefer them with less detail, it makes a change from my usual drawings! These are pretty quick to do, so I think it's definitely a good technique to get used to. 

I am using the Penguin brief as an excuse to do these, so I thought I should try going in the direction of actual ideas. Haven't got past the cliché's however...gotta get them out of my system first! Couldn't resist this, wind and watercolours. Thought the pink one was perhaps a bad move, looks more like the typography you'd find on a cheesy teen horror book. 

Watercolour

A couple of watercolour pieces, not really used the medium much before so I thought I would have a go. Been looking at The Wind in the Willows Penguin book cover design brief and wanted to become more familiar with the animals. I found I quite enjoyed the delicacy of watercolours, so I think I'll be continuing to explore it when I have time! I'd love to try a portrait with it. 

CLASSIC

A little something for my Dad's birthday. The Isetta Bubble car of which I have many fond memories of traveling (or breaking down) in. Drawn in Photoshop.