Inga in Colored Markers

So today, I broke out the colored markers. At the beginning of the year I bought a set of 48 prismacolor markers on sale at Michaels. I’ve dallied with them some, but today I was determined to really create something decent with them. First order of business though was finding a way to organize the markers so I could get to them easier. They came in these silly rounded bottom containers that don’t stand up on their own. My solution was to set them in this decorated wine box I’ve had for several years. I’ve lugged that thing through 2 moves, now I’ve finally found a use for it! So anyways this made me happy.

I pulled out the Moleskine sketch book and doodled a picture of Inga, inked it with micron pens then started coloring it with the colored markers. It turned out horrible. But I learned a lot with this mistake. So I started again. Another picture of Inga, nothing fancy, inked it with microns and colored again.

The top view is a photo of the finished piece the second one is a scan. I think I prefer the photo, the scan takes away all the texture and it looks so supersaturated. I suck at scanning.

Anyways, for those of you skilled with markers, I’m sure this sucks but I’m pleased with what I was able to do, I’ve never really played with these things at all! Maybe I’ll get brave and try something a little more complex next time.