Alchemical bottles

[eller]

Another ATC! This one took forever, but I'm kind of happy with the result. It was inspired by finding a shimmery dark green in my advent calendar, and, well... What to do with that? Old glass was my first thought. Also, two different light sources (one cold, one warm), just to make my life difficult...



In the end, I actually managed to use all the four different types of shimmer and glitter from my advent calendar in the picture! (Shimmery transparent white on the window and the glass parts of the thermometer-weather-thingy, shimmery green on the bottles and the leaves (because why wouldn't those shimmer? XD), golden gel pen (on the jewelry, thermometer-thingy and fire-thingy), and silver gel pen on the rock samples - I guess those are ore minerals, then...) It feels kind of decadent to have a designated old-glass-watercolor, but hey, I love drawing old technology and lab equipment (and old glass often does have this color - not because people dyed it but because they had no way of removing the iron impurities), so I absolutely needed that one, I just didn't know it yet!



Materials:
- tumuarta watercolor sketchbook (not in the photo - but it's very nice paper, doesn't buckle much although it's so thin. I actually used to have the same sketchbook before and liked it, but it was full, so it was very nice to get a new one from Taddi)
- Fineliners: Sakura MICRON 02, 04, and 08
- Acrylic pen: Marabu YONO in white
- watercolors: Schmincke Horadam in Volcano Yellow and Galaxy Blue (both supergranulating - the blue proved to be the perfect color and texture for a cloudy sky, and I think I'll end up using this quite often), Red Clover Meadow Ercolano Red (surprisingly nice - I usually don't like reddish brown tones much, but I'm actually considering buying this one because its subtle texture proved very useful as a skintone), TinyWatercolorArt in Manganese Violet (perfectly nice, but looks and handles identical to PV16 from other brands, so I don't feel like buying it; I'll just use the dot up, and that's that), Kuretake shimmery watercolor in transparent white (906) and gem green (850)
- Gel pens: Sakura gelly roll white 05, Ohuhu Gel Ink Pen in gold and silver
- waterbrush (for painting) and normal brush (for the white acrylic sprinkles)

Comments

[amberdreams]

Gosh that's way smaller than I was expecting from the first photo. I can't really see much of the detail when the photos are so small but it definitely looks like a lot of work!

[eller]

With an ATC (artist trading card), the tiny format is kind of enforced, because how else are you going to trade them, put them in collectible card folders and all that? XD (Yes, I have weird hobbies.)

[yhlee]

GORGEOUS. I want to get back into making art cards (although mine will be...jankiness mode) at some point. :D

[eller]

The format is fun! :D

[mific]

Lovely, and so much detail in a small space!

[eller]

Thank you! :D

[light_of_summer]

Beautiful!

I do feel an urge to caution the alchemist to garter her graceful sleeves up out of the way of the flames—but perhaps it's a fireproof robe! 😁

In my long-ago high school chemistry class, I was the only one whose test tube accidentally stoppered itself with ingredients and blew open a hole in the tube's bottom from pent-up pressure...Why, no, I did not pursue my chemistry studies any farther than my educational program required! 😏

[eller]

Yeah, her sleeves are going to burn. XDD

[dhampyresa]

Prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[eller]

Thank you! :)