I added some dark lines to make the figure stand out more, compared to what I originally posted below. It's still not finished.
Today I've been working on the cover for my latest journal. It's unfinished because I'm traveling and I have limited art supplies (as is so often the case in my life right now). I've learned something: Never travel without white paint and/or a white paint pen for pulling stuff to the foreground and adding highlights when things get muddy. I brought a white Souffle gel pen, but it's not working as well as I'd like. The good news is that I ordered a bunch of new art supplies this morning, and I'm getting some gouache, which will be perfect for "pulling," and for traveling. I also ordered three blocks of hot press watercolor paper, which will keep me supplied with difficult-to-find hot press paper for a while. Do so few artists use hot press? I don't understand why cold press is so readily available, and hot press is so rare.
Today I'm sharing a face from a guest. My nearly 13-year-old daughter recently became interested drawing elves. Here's one she drew yesterday.
