October art challenge Day ONE!

So here we art

UM I just accidentally typed that and I’m not fixing it!! 😈🎨

SO here we are, day one! Just to re-cap in case you missed it, I’m re-drawing sketches and concepts from all my old sketchbooks. I don’t have a time stamp on all of these, but I do happen to know this one is from 6 years ago. Since I only have less than a day to work on each of these, none of them will be any kind of photorealism masterpiece, but I am super excited to see how my skills/style have progressed nonetheless!

I remember I drew the original sketch in the car ride back from a Frida Kahlo show at the New York Botanical Garden. Needless to say, was feelin’ leafy!

I decided to put a spin on the background and use leaf printing technique with ink instead of drawing them in charcoal. The figure I did draw in charcoal and used a paintbrush and water to blend it.

The new original piece is available in my shop: https://novastardust.com/originals/seed-and-leaf

I mostly spent today finishing the drawing and doing some errands, but I did get in a little walk break to the Italian deli up the street. In a failed effort to grab a Manhattan Special (an espresso soda which I HIGHLY recommend if you can find it! Check your local Italian deli/bakery) I went for a Chinotto flavored soda. Chinatto is produced from the fruit of the myrtle-leaved orange tree!

That’s all for today, I’d love to hear what you think of the new drawing! I’ll see y’all tomorrow for the next one :)

xoxo

Your fairy art mother,

NOVA