The rough (!) thumbnail sketch done
just as a reminder of an idea. The idea expressed by this tiny
scribble
never really changed right
up through the final final.
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on any illustration for an enlargement.
Almost
a year later, I sketched the thumbnail idea at full size using the
K outline template I use for all Ks.
This is the line drawing I use to transfer the design to the final
surface for painting. The final surface is a piece of single ply,
acid-free bristol board with a vellum finish. All letters are small--each
original image is about four and a quarter inches high.
Watercolor
dyes (Dr. Martins) to cover up the white of the paper.
The
main step: Colored pencil. I used a lot of
colored pencil layers in this step. I knew there would be more acrylic
paint applied than normal in the next stage because the later pencil
applications weren't taking...they just slid over the top layer.
Most
of the time, the letter is very close to being finished in the colored
pencil step, but
I almost always use a little bit of
acrylics
to help out the highlights and the darks. This time I spent about
as much time with a brush as with a pencil. Finally, I just quit
and ran away.
