Monday, January 14, 2013

Step-By-Step Sketching

I love making patterns.  I am very symetrical, I have a hard time not balancing things out when I draw.  (I really need to learn to let go of that!)
 
I drew this mandala with the help of my 9 year-old son who directed me on where to place the lines in my picture as I drew.
 
The first step I took was to sketch it out in pencil (sorry, I don't have that picture to show you!).
 
The next step was to line it all in pen, then erase the pencil lines.  I used the Micron pens for this step.

Looks nice but kind of boring with all the same size lines.
 
Step three, I made some lines thicker and added the fine details, again with my Micron pens.

It's looking way better!  My son loves this last step.  I colored everything in using my Copics, Sharpies and Bic Mark-Its.  My son picked the colors to use.  Then my final touch was with my white paint pens. 


Turned out pretty nice for a mommy and me project (he says "mommy and me" sounds to baby-ish - hahaha).

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