FOUNTAINS

AUGUST 2023

I have been asked several times to show water in a fountain.  Trying to find a fountain with water running in Tucson during the heat of summer is impossible.  So I sketched one from an ad for a fountain dealer (no water) and made the water up using only the Pilot pen.

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Pilot

Image 1

​To show you color, I sketched Image 1 and used too much pen (use less when you plan to use color).  Images 2 & 3 were traced from Image 1.

Image 2

Image 3

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Here's the biggest thing with water:  Make the water darker if the background is light.  Make the background as dark as you need to show off light water.  Where it splashes, wet  the paper and then put in little splashes of color on the bottom of the splashing water, leaving the top clean paper.
Before I forget, to get copies of something you want to work on, hold the original up on a clear window with the same kind of paper on top.  Trace with a Pilot if you want ink that will run.

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​Happy Sketching!