Eagle marker and wash

[tall73]

I had been watching folks do pen and wash techniques with technical pens and watercolors. I thought I would do something slightly different with a fat crayola marker for the pen, then digital airbrush for the "wash". It is a quick and loose way to still get the notion of detail, along with some color.

Edit:
One of my kids liked the high saturation version better, so added it as well.

 

[Chris V++]

Great job with the eagle. . I used to use Prismacolor markers and they made a colorless blender which was just alcohol with no pigment but was great for getting blended wash effects when used directly over the markers. Great color in this and excellent drawing.

 

[tall73]

Great job with the eagle. . I used to use Prismacolor markers and they made a colorless blender which was just alcohol with no pigment but was great for getting blended wash effects when used directly over the markers. Great color in this and excellent drawing.

My daughter has been using alcohol markers (various brands) quite a bit lately. I like the look, but don't want to mess with using the paper that is required to stand up to the blending. This way I can use cheap crayola markers, take a photo, and the rest is easily editable digital with much easier masking!

For that matter I like the watercolor look as well. I may break out the old equipment and do that at some point, but I would need to run out and get some more Arches paper.

 

[Martyr's Crown]

It looks nice. Very colourful! In the first one I think the eye looks more real.