the gate

This sketch is actually a collaboration with Mom, who had the picture idea and composition all in her head but didn't want to draw it all by herself, so instead, we sat down together at the kitchen table and she told me exactly what to draw. She also drew a few of the tree branches and the plants on the ground. It was fun! (Not a very tidy result, because we were drinking tea and chatting at the same time, but simply a fun family activity. Straight lines, what are straight lines? XD)



I had to start a new sketchbook, also bound by antaresnox, for this - the chess sketchbook has exclusively warm colors, but this picture asked for dark green paper. Fortunately, that package had many wonderful sketchbooks. I had promised pictures as soon as I start the other ones, so...

( Pictures of another really awesome bookbinding project behind the cut! )

Materials:
Awesome sketchbook; dark green page
Watercolor marker: Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Marker in Warm Grey III (this is literally the only watercolor marker I ever use; I don't like the medium otherwise)
Acrylic pens: Flysea Acrylic Painters in black and white, Amsterdam Acrylic Markers in Permanent Green Light and Yellowish Green, Liquitex Acrylic Markers in Raw Sienna and Raw Umber, Posca in white