I’m amazed that I have been able to keep to my new years promise of fixing my procrastination problem and start drawing 1 hour every day.
Friday was another day of refreshing my mind of colour theory and how to create colour harmony. My go-to source for is a youtube video, “Understanding colours” by Blender Guru.
I also searched Pinterest for some inspiration. I tried out some colour combinations in Photoshop. I thought that would quicken the process, but that was not true. I’m not good at digital painting, so usually, it takes more time instead. I planned to use watercolour with the final version, and it was just impossible for me to imagine how the result would look from the digital drafts. For a short moment, I was at a loss because I didn’t feel like transferring the draft to watercolour paper several times over to make copies to test different colour schemes. I then remembered an artist I saw on Instagram,

Tray with the tea of the day. A cup of Lapsang Souchong – a smoky tea.
Colour test with Photoshop – test 1 Colour test with Photoshop – test 2 Colour test with Photoshop – test 3