Morning doodle in ink & cashew

I love creating found object doodles and post them on Instagram, "Found Object Art" gallery on Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr  and in my Found Object Art portfolio.

Daily Sketch: "Floating"

My Daily Doodle. 

This was experiment with water textures. I used a bunch of layers and played around with opacity levels as well as layer masks. I wanted to create the impression that just the girl's face and upper torso were above the water, with the rest of her gently floating beneath the surface. I also wanted to create some interesting light reflections as well as a hint of the darker textures down below.

As is usual when doing my Daily Sketches, I didn't really know what I was going to draw when I opened up my blank canvas. I started with some watercolor and semi-transparent textures first, with blues and greens and violets, adjusting transparency. At first I was going to do an underwater scene but then changed my mind. I sketched the girl on a separate layer, then created the color of her skin, hair etc. beneath that layer.

Created entirely in Photoshop with a wide variety of custom brushes.

I've always been fascinated with water textures, and had been hoping to illustrate an underwater picture book someday. Looks like I'm going to get my wish. :-) Stay tuned for more news, hopefully soon....

Daily Sketch: Cat Hug

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Thanks to children's book illustrator Alex Dukal for making so many of his PS brushes, textures and tools available to the community. Do check out Alex's fantastic blog, where he shares fascinating videos about his process as well as samples of his gorgeous art.

Daily Sketch: Wind

I haven't posted a Daily Sketch for a while. This is one I did tonight, purely for the fun of it.

More about my Daily Sketches.

Daily Sketch: Girl Posing