When did you last went to have fun in the beach? I'm always a "house is the best place ever" person.I rarely go outside if it's not urgent. But in my younger years, We always celebrated relatives' birthdays at the beach; always having a picnic at the rented cottage. And all the kids were full of excitement when the adults will rent "salbabida/swimming ring floaters" for kids and kids at heart..if you are asking why am I talking about beach and floaters; it is because I pick object for my second week entry.
An object could be anything that we can touch and see so maybe those swimming ring floaters from my childhood memory could fulfill the prompt:object.
Now it's time for doodling..I want something that is simple so I just sketch a boy using those floaters enjoying the beach.I can't remember where I put my pencil case so I just grab my cousin's red ballpen..
Then I imported my sketch to IbisPaint X.. I just freely trace the sketch and never worry about the line being a little rough.
The boy is starting to look like one of my cousin who always doing mischief everytime his parents aren't looking,lol.
In the background I use watercolor (Water) and just paint the picture blue for the sea and yellow to make it look like it's a very hot but fine weather.
Then it's time for the basic colors, I want the boy to be brown so he won't suffer much from sunburn because the darker the skin are; the more protection you'll have from the sun because of higher melanin.
He is starting to look more handsome and cheerful now.I use pen fade brush.
I want to put on the light shade first so I can see if it will work if I just shade anywhere I like without having a though.I guess it was ok.
Then using multiply in IbisPaint X, for the darker shade.
This is already the finished product. I just leave the lineart and the overall color a little rough. I don't wanna add much darker shade because I want the art's atmosphere to be lighter.. exactly how I remembered my childhood memory.
I want the boy to truly enjoy his alone time riding the swimming ring floater and the plot twist is he doesn't know how to swim without them. He is thinking every scenario of what ifs.. but don't worry all the beaches he and his relatives went always had an lifeguard and all of his family are good swimmer but him.
And I also remembered when the staff run out of swimming floaters.. We patiently wait for the water gallons to be empty and we tie them up with straws and make an improvise swimming floaters out of them. Those were fun times.
That's all folks. I hope that you enjoy visiting my blog. Until next time.. Drink a lot of water everyday, don't be me who became sick because I'm too lazy to get up to drink more.
Good luck in your everyday battle, May all your goals in life be achieved..
