5 x 7, colored pencil and oil on illustration board
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This one was much more rewarding than the cherries from a couple of posts back. Maybe because I just like chocolate better than I do cherries. Or because I went back to the white background. I just like the way it turned out better.
I'm very tired today, and its always interesting to 'feel' how my brain works when I'm tired vs. when I've had a good night's sleep. I remember back in school, often, in those early morning clothed figure drawing classes, I'd draw a lot better because I wasn't thinking so hard ~ it just kind of 'happened'.
This piece is more finely rendered than those drawing were, and does require some analysis of color and careful application of medium. If I was doing it as more "fine art" kind of piece it might have turned out different. I don't know, I'm babbling.
Why am I tired? One of the cats was out all night (who usually doesn't stay out) so I was a worried kitty parent. He was on the back porch anxious to come in for breakfast when we got up, and was perfectly fine and very pleased with himself for managing an all-night outing. Bad kitty.
Its back to being a children's book illustrator now for a while. I'll post!
The paper cup is wonderful...and the shadows beautiful...love the muffin...I'm sooo looking forward to the upcoming illustrations though!