I’m not really into ogres; of course, the first thing that springs to mind is ‘Shrek’, but I’m not really into drawing him either.

I’ve been doodling a bit in my sketchbook with a pencil, but the idea just didn’t come to me. Of course, if I take a close-up photo, it does look quite something: the little figure in the background is actually nicer than the one in the foreground, but when I think of ogres, for some reason I think of trolls and Lapland. But I’m not actually very good at drawing trolls either, and whilst I was scribbling here and there, I suddenly realised I could just draw a few lines and colour it in a bit, and actually I find that much more fun than all that faffing about beforehand. In any case, I tried something different.

I still don’t really enjoy colouring in. This was done with watercolour paint again, but I’d actually felt I should work with acrylics and a sponge. It was lack of time I didn't follow my feeling and expressed that.

This time I used that liquid pen again that leaks and smudges. I’d have preferred to use the dip pen, but I didn’t, because I don’t actually have a small pot to put the ink in and I didn't feel for searching something small.
In this case, I don’t mind too much that this liquid pen smudged again when it got a bit wet; it actually suits the piece quite well.

All in all, I don’t think the drawing is bad, and I’m also wondering if it can be varnished. Perhaps I’ll give that a go at some point, but not now, because there’s obviously a good chance the painting disappears, although the risk is lower as I used bamboo paper instead of watercolour canvas.

You can see my attempts below.

First time I see the glitter in the paint

The Sketchbook

Materials:

• bamboo paper - A4 - sketchbook
• pencil HB
• watercolour cubes (Action) - the glitter paint included.
• round brush - Van Eijck #10
• Liquidly free ink roller

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Prompt: ogre
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