Watercolour love

I have been experimenting a lot lately with paint. When I was in college studying, I had one class of illustration a week where I would use pencils & gouache. It was the one class I really looked forward to, a chance to just let go a little, & let my style come through.

Back then it was all fashion illustration, & creating really long legged figures & learning to draw clothing on the body. For the last 10 years it's been all about digital drawing, which I absolutely still love to do, but I have been having this itch to get away from behind the screen & paint. I haven't had this urge for a long long time so I am listening to it & going with the flow. I have been mainly using watercolour & gouache as I love the transparency of them. The way they can bleed into each other I adore. Sometimes beauty appears accidentally & I love how unpredictable it is. I have been using my

I have been mainly using watercolour & gouache as I love the transparency of them. The way they can bleed into each other I adore. Sometimes beauty appears accidentally & I love how unpredictable it is. I have been using my new water brush which is a very new tool for me. I have never used one before, & I love how I feel like I have so much more control with it than a regular brush. So here

So here is a bit of what's been going on around here.
I have used my watercolour pencils, water brush & ink pen. Inspired by penguins & my kids LOVE of the movie Happy Feet.

So much fun. Expect to see in the future combined with my digital work of course.

Kylie xo