Sunday, December 30, 2012

How do you picture "new"?

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I guess "when it rains, it pours" because here's another new little posting!  This is a digital painting I did this week in response to an illustration prompt from the blog "Illustration Friday".  Illustration Friday is a great blog that provides a prompt every week on Friday (how did you guess?).  This week's prompt was "New", in honor of the New Year beginning.  I sat down with my sketchbook and wasn't sure what I was going to do with that, but found myself doodling this morning/flower image.  I guess "new" makes me think of a new day, and new things growing.

To finish it I scanned my pencil drawing and painted it digitally.  I played with painting it in Corel Painter first, but went with Photoshop in the end, using my Wacom tablet.

4 comments:

sean@seanseal.com said...

Do you have a Fine Art America account? I'll bet this design would be popular on there. Great decorative piece.

Cara Nilsen said...

Thanks, Sean:) No, I don't have a Fine Art America account. I will check them out!

Jen said...

That's a great illustration to kick off the New Year!

Jen said...

That's a great illustration to kick off the New Year!