The prompt was "Swift." That didn't easily bring an idea to mind, so I googled images for "swift" and saw some foxes. I remembered I'd painted a watercolor fox some years ago, and I liked it, but I needed something a bit more stylized so I could finish it quickly. However, I didn't want 'cartoonish.'
Materials
- Pigma Graphic 1 pen
- H hardness drawing pencil
- White erasers of various shapes and sizes
- Cold-pressed watercolor paper cut to 3.5x5"
Step 1: Sketch with a pencil
Step 2: Draw with a pen
I don't like the 1 for this -- I'd thought it was a softer tip or a finer tip with a broader base. Maybe next time I'd draw with a finer pen and broaden the strokes with this one, where applicable. However, it's done, and I made it work. I need to use scratch paper to test out strokes, and maybe for a practice card. I tend to do a single example of each piece and move on. I know I would benefit from repetition but that seems like waste -- what do I do with the extra copies, and it also would bore me.
Step 3: Carefully erase the pencil marks
Results
I wouldn't repeat this. It's okay, but it's not my favorite style. I do like it well enough to give as a gift. Giving cards as gifts is especially liberating, because the recipient will likely choose the style or topic that best suits the correspondent.
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