The entire piece finished
As you may remember I made the sketch for this contest the other day.
I of course had to add animals
and what better companion for a mermaid then another sea mammal whose tail has a mermaid quality.
And I'd like to imagine my mermaid a witch of sorts,
and such a creature would need a familiar to do her bidding on land. And what better familiar than an owl?
As I like to do with my black and white pieces
I will often sketch using shading and the like, but then wish to really commit to no mid range tones but merely black. In fact the only colour in the final pieces IS black as the white is the white of the page.
My black and white are always my Zen place
and being rather busy and hectic this year thus far, having their soothing lines and contours as a place to escape to is pretty important to me.
For process, here is a gif of sketch and a few layers.
Having spent my morning thus far lost in the black and white of the page, I must now get to the rest of my day. I hope all of you found a moment of Zen before your days started.
I'll hopefully 'see' some of you in the comments later so by all means feel free to upvote, resteem, and of course comment.
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thanks for sharing beautiful drawing
Thank you for enjoying it @alirazavi
Yay!!! you do it 😁 👏👏👏
Beautiful artwork @donnadavis!!! 💙
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Thanks @Melooo182 :)
It is really amazing Donna! Good luck with the contest:)
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ohhh Beautiful! It's great you joined the contest, I wish you success @donnadavisart and I hope to see your other entries =)
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Thank you @smeralda I love posting with @ntopaz and realized I should engage more with contests. The black and white one is just perfect for me!
Indeed.
Exactly @ocrdu
Great entry! Good luck with the contest!
Thanks @sanderjansenart
The final result is simply fantastic, but I have to say that also the first sketch was super! Well done, dear Donna ^_^
Thanks so much @silviabeneforti yes I use more detail in the sketches but that just helps me 'find the black' of my ink drawing :)
the seal and Owl really make this outstanding Love this
Thanks @tattoodjay I had to animals and the balance is improved by them as well, I think.
Yes indeed it gives some nice contrast and balance I think
You are so very creative, I often wish I could see inside your head lol!
You probably would not want to stay in there too long @fishyculture or you'd get lost on the minutia of silly detail :)
Lol! A little like Disneyland, a little is great but there comes a point where I just want to go home? Well, I am so glad you share some of the best parts with the world!
Wonderful work!! Ive always loved ink work.. its what I used to ONLY work in! Lovely work cant wait to see more fellow artist ^_^
Thanks @nyctoinc I love oil/digital oil watercolour/digital watercolour too but my black and white inking is my relazing meditative space.
I love your things as well I just read about your show in Chicago looked like fun.
Lovely work <3 Very quiet and dark ;)
Thanks @honeydue I didn't think of it as dark, but I love how the viewer always sees their own story, I love that about Art :)
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