Color inspires my illustrations sometimes.
The colors light gray, cadmium, and cyan inspired the scene with rhinos I’d seen at the Zoo. I was working from a prompt from the #30PaletteProject.
I chose ink, paint and wax crayon.
If I did it all over again, I’d use oil pastel to create a resistance for the stars, ink and wax crayon, like in The Little Prince illustration.
I love the textures ink and paint make together.
I had some struggles with this in the beginning, but it all came together. If you’d like to watch the process, I documented most of this journey From Frustration to Figuring it Out.