Prints of two drawings in the series, Victorious Night and Lightning Girl, are available for purchase on Etsy. However, three are entirely new pictures that have only been seen by my family and close friends, so that's exciting. I can't wait to show them to you!
I'm going in the order that I made them, so today I'm going to share "Victorious Night" with you.
Though I titled this as "Victorious Night" for Etsy, it's real title is not really established. I still can't decide if she's raising her first in victory or defiance, and the fact that I made it in the middle of finals week last semester could support either interpretation.
If you've taken any art classes, you might have been taught to establish the background of a drawing and work forward. Confession: I break that "rule" all the time. This drawing is no exception; I started by drawing the tree and bushes. I sketched in the girl, colored in the sky, then drew in the girl with the same ink I used for the tree. Finally I put in the moon, almost as an afterthought.
I hadn't drawn a winter tree in pen and ink since drawing Peaceful Tree a couple of years ago, and so I had a lot of fun with the tree in this picture. I also had fun with the sky. It was inspired by many night skies I saw around that time. Night after night, the city lights reflecting on the clouds turned the sky into lovely shades of pink, purple, mauve and warm grey. I couldn't get enough of it, and I knew I had to include it in a drawing. Then it only seemed right for the silhouette girl to join the picture, and the moon brought the whole picture into balance.
Whether you think she's celebrating or rebelling, I hope you like "Victorious Night" as much as I liked drawing it!
-Cailey
If you've taken any art classes, you might have been taught to establish the background of a drawing and work forward. Confession: I break that "rule" all the time. This drawing is no exception; I started by drawing the tree and bushes. I sketched in the girl, colored in the sky, then drew in the girl with the same ink I used for the tree. Finally I put in the moon, almost as an afterthought.
I hadn't drawn a winter tree in pen and ink since drawing Peaceful Tree a couple of years ago, and so I had a lot of fun with the tree in this picture. I also had fun with the sky. It was inspired by many night skies I saw around that time. Night after night, the city lights reflecting on the clouds turned the sky into lovely shades of pink, purple, mauve and warm grey. I couldn't get enough of it, and I knew I had to include it in a drawing. Then it only seemed right for the silhouette girl to join the picture, and the moon brought the whole picture into balance.
Whether you think she's celebrating or rebelling, I hope you like "Victorious Night" as much as I liked drawing it!
-Cailey
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