WIP and Favorite part of the game.

Hello Everybody. Long time no post. Things have been uber scrambled around these parts but everything now seems to be settling down in a nice comfortable pattern. I am ready to concentrate on my illustration once again. So, I thought I'd catch up her at the Soup.

Above is my current wip. It is an illustration based on a Scandinavian Folktale. (our assignment suggested by the lovely Rebecca) I was very tempered to do Babba Yagga as one reader suggested. In fact I will probably tackle it next. But I was looking for a change of pace and a chance to draw some animals, so here you go. It will be revealed in its finished state by mid-Feb. (i hope)

The previous question of the week was about your favorite part of the process. I wish (often daydream actually) that I could be as organized as Dee, but my brain is pretty firmly centered in the chaotic left portion. I do like to sketch, but find I am truly satisfied when I am applying sketch to the watercolor block. Just something about working on the lines against the paper, composition and actual character personality makes me very happy.

However, it is not the only time. I also enjoy the painting process. Not the beginning where I am unsure and a little cautious or the end where I usually hate everything. The middle where the paint flows and mixes into the pools of color and textures is where I like to be.
So, I guess the areas I truly love are the middle portions, where my brain in lost in the zone of creating. The messy portions where I erase and blot and see nothing else going on but the action on my paper.