Days 64-66: Brush & Splatter Hopper Edition

Using the same methods as for the beetles in this post for Days 59 - 61, I've made outlines of hoppers, (oak treehopper and candystripe leafhopper), with a brush pen, painted them with watercolors, and then masked them off for a splatter paint background.

Day 64:

Brushed Oak Treehopper

The outlines are basically pen sketches. I don't do any pencil work first with the brush pen, so there is always a bit of a wonky look to them because I can't erase anything! This has the benefit of not needing to transfer a drawing onto the paper which can be time consuming (drawing with pencil directly on watercolor paper is not ideal because erasers can shred the surface). So the drawing is a bit more organic and less accurate!

Day 65:

Brushed Candystripe Leafhopper

Day 66:

Color & Splatter

oak treehopper gets its minty fresh hue

(I did add a light pencil line to help with the striping...)

Before splatter:

After Splatter:

Leafhopper before splatter:

After splatter:

VIOLA! :3

The Hoppers can be viewed in my shop Here:

Oak Treehopper

Candystripe Leafhopper

[March 4-6, 2020]

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