Art: Torii in forest (prototyping)

I want to draw big! I am not there yet 😅

This will be for my friend Amy who has a frame to fill and wanted a red Torii in a forest.

Loose pencil sketch on A3 paper (11×17 inches).

Trying the various reds and greens I have on a folded printing paper, and making a small scale version prototype at the top left.

A few hours later (I’m rather slow) I narrowed down 3 red-orange-brownish red pens, 6 kinds of green, a couple of light blueish greys, black (and white, just in case) all from the same set of 36 acrylic markers with thick felt tips, and one beige with a very thin pointed nib from my other set which all have to be shaken and pumped, unlike the felt-tip set.

Finished prototype and color palette on printing paper. The small-scale version is 4.6×6.2 cm, or about 6 times smaller than what I intend to paint.

Zooming in on the prototype Torii in forest.