Hi everyone!
Welcome back to emanate artworx. We're finally in the home stretch of 2023 and getting so close to the world- renowned Inktober. 馃槺 This post is me joining the Art Park Sketchtember challenge, gearing up!
For Sketchtember Week 1, "Redraw a drawing from last year," I'd like to share my before and after of a digital landscape painting I originally made in September 2022. It's based on a picture I took in rural North Texas. Both versions were made with IbisPaint for Android.
Honestly, this summer has been so stressful! My day job has taken up a lot of the time I would otherwise use to create paintings. But I have to keep going on my art journey, so even though I want to do more, this is OK with me 鉀咃笍.
To me, they both look like they can be improved 馃槶馃槀. Although, the 2022 version did take a lot longer to make, that must mean I've improved on my speed, at least. The 2023 version took 45 minutes to complete. 2022 version, 3 hours and 45 minutes
On the 2023 version, I like how the red background shows through because it adds some color contrast, and it mimics the color of the soil that can be found around here.
I used a lot of different brushes for the 2022 version, but for the redraw, I used this cute brush called "Hard Crayon" by Popticz. I found it from reading a post by 
All in all, my composition and speed have improved (less "dead space" on the new one 馃槄) in the last year. I've also become more familiar with using layers and blend modes, the best part about making digital art!
Thanks a bunch to 
Until next time,
Ema
鈻笌Thumnail pic made with Canva for Android
鈻笌Landscape paintings made with IbisPaint for Android
鈻笌ArtPark images belong to