"Confetti from the Sky" Redraw

I've been in bit of an art rut lately. Many ideas have tried to form in my mind but I haven't been able to complete any of them. I thought it might do some good if I tried to recreate an older piece. This way I wouldn't have to come up with a new concept and it would be fun to see the improvement. These to pieces are almost a year apart.

"Confetti from the Sky" October 2016

"Confetti from the Sky" remake August 2017

I've learnt so much in just one year I can't wait to see what the next will bring. It might be fun to repaint this exact same artwork again in 2018. 

Now to the walkthrough of this painting. 

I always start with a light sketch. Then using gouache I painted the tiny bunny.

Painting the cap of the toadstools was one of the best parts of this painting. Blending the reds was just so lovely. I've found that some colours are more fun to blend then others when painting with gouache. Reds, oranges and yellows are some of the best colours while I find pink quite difficult. It might just be the paints I use so it could be fun to experiment and see if I feel the same with other brands.

The bottom part of the toadstools caused me a little more trouble but that might be due to a very fierce battle that was occurring in my audiobook. 

I then added all the small white dots to the toadstools and painted ladybugs on the bunny. Using masking fluid I protected some of the paper in raindrop shapes.

Now it was time for the background. I used liquid watercolour and tried my very best to avoid the bunny and the toadstools. 

Once the water colour layer had dried I once again used the liquid watercolour but this time to add splashes. With an eraser I removed the masking fluid and outlined the raindrops, the bunny and the toadstools with pen to make them pop. 

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Gouache: Royal Talens

Masking fluid: Schmincke

Liquid watercolour: Royal Talens

Pen: Pigma Micron