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| my sketches are actually drawn very small |
This I scan into the computer and adjust to the right size, adding the border and cropping as needed:
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| the border is just for placement, I paint a different border with each painting--the corner icons will be different |
I transfer the enlarged drawing onto watercolor paper:
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| I use graphite paper but it usually only transfers the main image and I have to redraw the details on the paper |
It's a lot of prep work before painting:
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| Here you can see the sketch in scale to the prepped painting |
But after a about week of hard work, the finished painting! Voila!
Hope it looks good in the finished book!