You Gotta LOVE an Elephant Shrew

    Hi friends!  Looks like I'm going to have to go back to Saturday
posts, those Fridays are tough.  This week I have been scrambling to
sew and also work on a few watercolors.
  I decided I really need to work on a promotional piece.  This idea has been
floating around for months.  Had it penciled out on paper and I think
subconsciously I was afraid to start painting for fear of messing up.
  Determined I am going to take a Photoshop class.  Most illustrators can scan in
work and add dramatic lighting, neat textures, and even erase little goof ups.
This ability would add a whole dimension to my work.  I use Illustrator for my
digital work but it's not the same.  Really enjoying working traditionally and it would
ease that tension I feel if I know I can rework paintings digitally.  There is a night class
coming up soon which will be tough on my family but I think we can work it out.
  These watercolors are in progress, but I wanted to show you how I am painting
step by step.  In order to create consistency I decided to work on all of them at
once.  I started with just watercolor.  The next step is using washed out India ink.
I love the way it looks, but it is way permanent so be careful if you try it.
Building up layers in watercolor is important.  Everything is very light now and
I am holding my breath every time I take a step.  I really want to use some brown
India ink with the calligraphy pen but am very scared.  They can be tricky and spit ink.                                        

This is the story of Joey Sengi, (an Elephant Shrew) and his for love Enid.  
Oh no, Enid is late.

"Forgive me.."
"Don't worry, it's ok."

"Happy Birthday Enid."

Creating these characters seems so necessary.  They want to be out of my head and into the world.  So get ready, here come Joey and Enid!