Back in December I started working on this piece while at an art show - to demonstrate the process I use to create the abstract art I've been making these past 3 years. I put finishing it off for a few weeks over the holidays and picked it up again in spurts. After about 6 or 7 hours of work this past weekend I've finally finished it, and I'm really happy with it. I decided to stay loose and quick on this one, not getting hung down on every line being perfect.
I really love the PITT artist brushes from Faber-Castell. They last forever with a great point, great ink quality and they do amazing layering work. I wish some of the lighter colors didn't dry as dark as they do - but the tradeoff is the boldness and color fastness. They also dry really quick - which is a great help when laying colors over each other. For my blacks I use COPIC 100 or 110 brush markers. The black goes down first, and I can color over it with the PITT brushes without the COPIC's ink bleeding around. Sharpie's tend to bleed too much and lose their color faster than the COPIC.
Enjoy!
- Chris
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