To find out more about what this illustration means to me, you can check out my other blog - here. Here, I discuss how I created the illustration.
After coating the pages with clear gesso to protect from bleed-through, I first drew in the basic shapes with my Inktense pencils. To create the hills, I did as I often do - cut a rough "hilly" shape from a scrap of paper, and then traced along the edge, rotating it to different angles and using different sections of it - sometimes even flipping it over to use the other side.
Next, I scribbled lightly with my pencils - adding several different colors to create the various shades. Then, with my water brush, I blended it section by section. Tip: I found that if I turned it upside down when working with the hills, I could start with the lightest colors & keep blending down to leave the darkest colors at the base of the hills.
The words were mostly hand-lettered with black Pitt pens, though the word "Praise" was a stamp I had (Onyx VersaFine ink). Lettering still isn't my strong suite, so I used my computer to print out some of the other main words in different fonts until I figured out how I wanted to draw them. I thickened some of the lines using the rule of thumb "thicken down-ward strokes, leave upward strokes thin". Here's a closer look at the first page:
I wanted to highlight the texts I was focused on using my clear Wink of Stella pen, but I couldn't find it! So, I used "Sparkle" paint by Spectrum Noir. It was my first time using it. It certainly adds a sparkle sheen! I finished the pages by scattering stamped music notes all around the pages. Here's a closer look at the 2nd page:
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