I wanted to present one of other things that I've been busily working on in the last few weeks. After completing my first kimono kitty (Summer), I decided to do one for each season. Although it took me longer than I though (26 hours!), I finally completed the Autumn Kimono Kitty, and am quite pleased with the results.
This picture in particular holds special meaning to me, as right now the leaves have just started changing colors in Japan and the maples will soon don beautiful scarlet mantles. I really enjoyed creating the environment--down to all the plants and the tsukubai (Japanese water feature). This time, I did more research on the kimono itself and feel as though I know a little more about drawing kimonos better. I feel as though I could have done the maple tree better by somehow adding more depth. I guess I just wasn't sure what a maple would appear like looking through it from the inside (although reference pictures helped a little). Overall, I'm very pleased how it all turned out, and yet I'm really excited that it's FINALLY done. :)6"x9" watercolor and sumi & walnut ink on 300lb watercolor cold press paper