Toots for Sikard@mastodon.art account

Written by Sikard on 2025-01-13 at 20:39

Apart from the gold paint I also added a thin layer of silver watercolour on his hair and skin.

While I was applying the paint, I realised what I was doing. It's ok, feel free to make the obvious Twilight joke 😂

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Written by Sikard on 2025-01-13 at 20:37

Here are two photos of the painting.

Working traditionally can be so stressful as almost every adjustment requires full commitment. No matter how well I plan ahead, it ends up being one leap of faith after the other.

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Written by Sikard on 2025-01-13 at 20:37

Look at me, finally finishing this painting. Only took me... half a year or so (the sketch is dated all the way back to March 😬).

Whenever I have no ideas, I just paint my favourite (half-) vampire 🦇

[#]Castlevania #Alucard #watercolor #art

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Written by Sikard on 2024-11-07 at 22:46

I didn't paint this specifically for #SillyCuratorPrompts (it's from last year) but I do think this chonky dragon fits the theme pretty well xD.

[#]Orbimals

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Written by Sikard on 2024-05-16 at 11:47

Continuing with the mermaid theme, back in 2009 I started my first (and only) venture into ATC/ACEO cards thanks to @Blahmage . What started as only two cards turned into a whole series of basically illustrations for the fairytale "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen.

The first three are about the mermaid fantasizing about the world of humans, seeing the prince's ship and saving the prince from the shipwreck.

[#]watercolor #mermay #mermaid #fairytale #ATC #ACEO

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Written by Sikard on 2024-05-10 at 19:28

I totally forgot about this masterpiece by Baby Sikard! 😂

I must've been seven or eight when I drew this and I remember being mighty proud of it.

Of course I was obsessed with the Disney movie, like most little girls back then. At some point my VHS tape disappeared never to be seen again. All that is left is the case. But don't worry, I'm over it 😆

(Sorry about the hand in the photo, I tried my best to avoid any glare.)

[#]mermay #mermaid #fanart #disney #ariel

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Written by Sikard on 2024-05-08 at 19:17

Time to start with the ancient artifacts. Those were made, I believe, on postcard sized watercolour paper (celullose, of course, nothing fancy for me yet). And by that I mean an actual postcard watercolour block from Fabriano that someone gifted me back then.

And yes, those dates do say 2002 and 2006 😁 Told you, we were going far, far back.

One of them has a broken neck, that poor thing 😂

More coming soon!

[#]mermay #mermaid #watercolor #watercolour #TraditionalArt

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Written by Sikard on 2024-05-08 at 19:06

Hii!

I'm still here! I haven't forgotten about this place (although art making has been rather slow lately).

And to show you that I can do more than just retoot posts from my buddy @Blahmage I just had the (semi) spontaneous idea to post all of my merfolk art before Mermay is over.

You see, mermaids used to be my go-to subject whenever I couldn't think of anything else to draw. Probably because you don't have to think about how those pesky legs connect to the torso :D Also blue. So much blue!

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Written by Sikard on 2024-03-15 at 10:06

"24 wells will be plenty for my watercolour collection with room to spare!"

Maybe I should've counted my tubes before buying this palette (or maybe I shouldn't have bought more paints after getting this palette...) 🙃

[#]watercolor #watercolour #paints #palette

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Written by Sikard on 2023-11-29 at 13:23

In the hopes of getting better at inking I started a small series of witch themed pieces. I originally wanted to show the witch but in the end decided against it. It's now up to you to imagine who lives there :)

Some pieces are more successful than others. My personal fav is the toad 🐸 Things I learned: Old Golden Green by Rohrer&Klingner is beautiful. I should use a brush instead of nibs.

The accents are done with copper foil.

[#]ink #penandink #witch #raven #toad #cat #art #TraditionalArt

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Written by Sikard on 2022-11-06 at 16:33

Hi to whomever happens to stumble in here.

I'm Sikard (or Claudia) and I have absolutely no idea how this here works.

I like to use watercolours, sometimes in a more illustrative and sometimes in a more loose way. I'm particularly drawn to anything mystical, mythical and oooold.

[#]introduction #art #illustration #watercolor

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