Tucson Yard Journal ~ November

...with a video showing how I created this

I recently finished another piece in my Tucson Yard Journal series: November. In this series I’m combining my art with my words to tell the story of the amazing flora and fauna I enjoy throughout the year right here in my own yard.

Tucson Yard Journal ~ November (pen, colored pencil & watercolor)

I started this series with the month of June and you can see all my Tucson Yard Journal pieces to date on my website.

Art Process Video for Tucson Yard Journal ~ November

Here’s an art process video I made to show how I created Tucson Yard Journal ~ November, with the steps detailed below.

🎨 My Art Process for Tucson Yard Journal ~ November

1. Make notes about interesting natural history events in our yard during November and take reference photos

2. Sketch the layout in pencil and then in pen, on a piece of tissue paper

3. Use blue painter’s tape on my watercolor paper to mask off the areas around the panels where I’m going to paint as well as the caption boxes and speech balloons which will remain white

4. Trace my layout onto my watercolor paper, using pencil and then waterproof pen

5. Erase any pencil on my watercolor paper

6. Mask off the subjects for the panels using masking fluid

7. Paint the backgrounds for the panels using watercolor

8. Remove the masking fluid

9. Paint the subjects for the panels using watercolor + a little colored pencil

10. Remove the blue painter’s tape

11. Add the panel borders, captions and speech bubble text, title, introductory text & signature, using waterproof pen

That’s it, in a nutshell…..….easy peasy, right?! 😉

You can see more of my art process videos on my YouTube channel.

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