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Art: Lago di Como, 2 (step by step)

Second piece for my series of Lake Como poster art interpretation. I’m having such a nice time with the acrylic paint markers!

View on an island in a lake seen from behind a couple enjoying the view. In the background are mountains. On the island are a few houses and a tower amidst a lot of greenery. The entire foreground (couple, plants, balustrade, cypress trees) are silhouettes.

Finished piece framed in black wood with a white mounting mat on a white table

The result framed in black wood.

I used 15 acrylic paint markers with a thin nib.

The size of the painting is 8.5 x 12.5 cm.

It took me about 3 hours from start to finish.

Step by step

Loose pencil sketch on a textured watercolour postcard. The outline marks an island with a few houses, mountains in the background and a couple of people, plants, balustrade, cypress in the foreground.
Soft yellow for the sky
Pale yellow for the lower part of the sky
Yellow-green for the top of the mountains
Grey-blue for the shadows of the rocky mountains
Another light green to paint the parts of the mountains that have vegetation
More of the grey-blue to give contrast and shadows to the mountain vegetation
Dark blue, bright blue, subdued bue and pale blue for the lake
Two shades of warm grey to paint the main building and tower at the top of the island, as well as the outer wall around it.
Yellow for the facades of the two houses and orange for the roofs. I used a think black ink pen for the windows and to give an outline to the boat and its passengers, the building and the tower.
Four shades of green to paint the vegetation on the island.
Dark burgundy for the parts of the foreground that are lit by daylight
Darker burgundy for the rest of the silhouettes in the foreground
Date and signature in white

Art: Lago di Como, 1 (step by step)

I hadn’t “arted” in months, when I suddenly got the itch again.

In the meantime I purchased a new set of acrylic paint markers in shades of “natural earth” and a thin nib.

I chose to paint a series of scenes from Lake Como in Italy. This is an island or peninsula by the lake with cypresses, yellow houses with red orange roofs. The sky is several shades of pale yellow and ochre. The foreground shows some flowers and more cypresses at the right. In between the island, the water of the lake is pale and dark blue.

Finished piece framed in black wood and white mounting card against a white table

This is the final result, framed in black wood.

I used 13 acrylic paint markers with a thin nib. The size of the paining is 8.5 x 12.5 cm.

It took me about 3 hours to complete from start to finish.

The whole process is rather pleasant and relaxing. I really like that the paint is opaque, because it’s error proof!

Step by step

Rough pencil sketch on a textured watercolour postcard. The outline marks where the visual elements will be: cypress trees and flowers in the foreground, land and houses, and clouds
Bright yellow for the clouds and sky
Pale yellow added to the sky
Light brown to add contrast to the cloudy sky
Light green to mark where the cypress trees are lit
Medium green for the cypress trees
Dark green for the parts of the trees that are in shadow
Six houses near the top of the hill. The roofs are orange and the sides of the houses that are in the shadow are painted dark red.
Vivid yellow for the facades of the houses
Thin black ink pen for the windows
Medium green to paint patches of the hill's vegetation
Pale green for the hill's vegetation that is catching the sun light
Dark green to finish the hill's vegetation
The shore of the hill is painted with two shades of burgundy
Pale blue and deeper blue to paint the lake, saving space at the bottom for the flower bed
Medium green for the flower bed background
Vivid yellow and red for flowers in the foreground
Dark green to give contrast to the flower bed and mark areas with shadows
Finished. I used a white pen to date and sign. The postcard is next to the 13 markers I used: pale and medium blue, yellow, orange, red, pale and dark burgundy, three greens, egg shell, pale yellow and pale brown.

Art: manga characters

Hand-drawn card of two manga characters back to back: a girl with long orange hair laughing out loud and a tall angry looking boy. I've written 'joyeux anniversaire Adrien' and '15 ans!' on it, dated and signed it.

I drew this card and did some lettering in black for my son at the occasion of his 15th birthday today.

He sent me the picture of what he wanted on his card. A boy and girl are back to back. The girl, a redhead with long hair, is probably making fun of the boy, tall, dark haired and wearing a black coat, who looks angry.

The card next to the envelope I painted in gold ink on which I wrote in huge white letters "Adrien"

Card complete with the envelope which I lathered in golden ink!