Mystical Magical Mashup Monday
Whimsical African Queen Coloring Page
Right after I completed first coloring page “Whimsical Afro Girl,” I created this one. I sketched this yesterday and she had an afro but I kept seeing her with a turban on instead. I then decided to add random lines for designs on her turban and was pleased with the outcome. So, I decided to turn this into another coloring page, which I titled Whimsical African Queen Coloring Page. I excited about coloring her too! Lol
Whimsical Afro Girl Coloring Page
I found this sketch in an old sketchbook that I had not completed and decided to complete her. This doodling of the hair came spontaneously; I just started making marks on the afro and liked the way it was looking and so I continued with it.
I’m so happy with how this piece came out so I decided to turn it into a coloring page. As I was looking at the finished drawing, I remembered that I had cut a piece of cardboard into the shape of a butterfly and decided to add a couple to complete my Whimsical Afro Girl Coloring Page. I LOVE it and can’t wait to color it in.
Mystical Magical Mashup Monday 2
This was the result of my using the 2 photos given to create this mashup. Below I share a few process photos I took while working on my mashup as well as the original reference photos given to the group for this week’s mashup.
Spring Ready
This time around, I achieved a much smoother skin tone than the first, which is on this documented on an earlier post, displaying the Crayola Oil Pastel box like the one above. There’s an extremely ugly stage (Lol) that happens prior to getting it to look like it does right now.
I almost gave up working on this portrait because it looked like the blend and combo of colors were not working; however, I just kept on blending and adding more color here and there and the end result is pretty astonishing to me for such an inexpensive product.
They are easy for anyone to use! You don’t have to be an artist to use and the colors are so nice and vibrant too! The biggest problem I experienced while using this product is when it came to laying the colors. It seems using 2-3 colors is the sweet spot; however, if you need to more than 3 layers, it becomes more difficult to blend them together.
Whimsical Queen – Art Prompt Sunday
This is a prompt given every Sunday in a Facebook group I’m in hosted by Jenny Manno of Next JENeration Art. I actually did my Whimsical Queen Art Prompt Sunday on an empty cold cereal box, which was spontaneous and unplanned! I plan doing it over again but this time I want to put her in my sketchbook instead and will be doing her proportions a little larger so I can add more to her face.
Art Prompt
April Weekly Art Challenge: Mystical, Magical, Mythical Mashup
Two art Facebook art groups hosts are collaborating for the month of April. We will be presented with 2 photo references and create our own character by mashing the elements together creating some new that is our own. We have also be given the option to add additional references if we choose to do.
The theme or April’s challenge is called “Mystical, Magical, Mythical Mashup!” This is my mashup I did yesterday after seeing the 2 photos posted in the groups or this week mashup challenge. I’ve also included those references in this post.
Art Prompt
My girl’s hairstyle was inspired by this prompt. I didn’t use anything else as part of creating my drawing. Below is the reference photo from Jenny Manno is the artist of this piece and the group facilitator of Next JENeration Art, a Facebook art group.
Mystical Mashup Monday Challenge
In two art groups I’m in on Facebook, we were given two photos (we could add others if we wanted to) and come up with our own creation. One of the photos was a fairy and dragon and a third was added and it was a fantasy warrior woman.
I chose a couple of images from a royalty-free site called Pixabay. These are my two mystical mashup Monday results!
I decided to create two different characters. The first drawing was colored using Prismacolor Color Pencils on 11×14 sketch paper, and the other one I colored playing around with an online free photo editing tool called Pixlr, which I am teaching myself.
