{"id":3697,"date":"2015-03-25T19:04:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T00:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2015-12-31T19:49:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T01:49:16","slug":"still-painting-watercolor-illustrations-for-the-story-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/still-painting-watercolor-illustrations-for-the-story-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"Still painting watercolor illustrations for &#8220;The Story Circle.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Painting watercolor illustrations is time intensive. I&#8217;ve been substitute teaching for the local school system and it seems like the flu is smiting the teachers this month. Last week, I was called in for one teacher and during her free periods, I got asked to cover for 2 other teachers&#8217; classes. After a day like that, I just don&#8217;t have enough energy to dive into a painting watercolor illustrations.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working on one of the more imaginative passages this week. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/field-guide\/bird\/greater-roadrunner\" target=\"_blank\">roadrunner<\/a> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/156EF\/production\/_84619778_gettyimages-98865684.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">armadillo<\/a> racing. I had a lot of fun going hog-wild on the coloring for these beasties. I could have gone realistic in their coloring, but the child is telling a story from his imagination, so I wanted to get some of that whimsy into the image.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/0is68pnuUx\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Painting a desert. #WIP #childrensbooks #childrensbooksillustration<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Wendy Martin Art (@wendymartinart) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-03-22T19:46:13+00:00\">Mar 22, 2015 at 12:46pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, I start with light shadow area first, then add background details while moving in clumps around the paper. I find this keeps color consistent as well as avoiding the flatness that can happen when painting a premixed color in a focused area of the image. I find this gives the colors a bit of depth and spark of life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/0lZeUNnubB\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Progress on #WIP desert spread. Almost finished, just 2 animals to go. #childrensbooks #childrensbooksillustration<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Wendy Martin Art (@wendymartinart) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-03-23T20:54:00+00:00\">Mar 23, 2015 at 1:54pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I often work in an assembly line when I&#8217;m working on a big job like a children&#8217;s book such as this one. I find it works best to approach each character individually through the progression of the book. I didn&#8217;t do this with my first few books and I had what I would classify as severe character drift. At this point in my career, looking back at those books, I&#8217;m almost embarrassed by how much I didn&#8217;t know about illustrating sequential art. Much of what I learned the hard way back then is now easily found on the internet. I wish the now me, could travel back in time to the then me, and mentor myself. 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Could you tell?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painting watercolor illustrations is time intensive. I&#8217;ve been substitute teaching for the local school system and it seems like the flu is smiting the teachers this month. Last week, I was called in for one teacher and during her free periods, I got asked to cover for 2 other teachers&#8217; classes. 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