Still Learning, Still Colouring
Art is never finished, only abandoned.” – Leonardo da Vinci Today I coloured a dog. That’s it. That’s the post. Okay, not quite but that’s how it felt. This little rottie took more layers than I expected: outline, fill, collar, tongue, then soft brown markings that I repainted… more than once. Then, right when I thought it was great my son mentioned that the head was too large! I'm still learning how to use Krita. Still figuring out which brushes feel right, how to colour in a way that looks soft without smudging everything into one big blur, and it is starting to feel more comfortable to use the different features in the program. Here’s how the layers stacked up and how I've been approaching each layer in the images for my book: Starting with a simple sketch Next is the final outline Onto the colouring starting with black fill (which is really a very, very dark blue) Next came the red collar Onto the tongue which the colours hopefully work once I get a proof copy. Brown high...