"BKLYN" from the #PopOfColorProject Series

"BKLYN" was inspired by a photo taken originally by a blogger I follow on Instagram (see original post here for details). The photo is so haunting and very monotone, aside from this POP of color in the umbrella, which is what drew me to draw (lol) it in the first place.

Photo courtesy of @mary_quincy

I completed this piece as a 5x7 size, which was actually accidental. I took out my paper cutter, marked off 8x10 and then cut it down to size, which I normally don't do! I typically mark the dimensions and then tape it onto my easel/board so I see the dimension cutoffs but still have room to work with. In this case, I had already cut it and needed to make it smaller so I settled on 5x7.

One of my favorite parts of this piece is the perspective. I remember when I had first started taking art lessons in elementary school, perspective was one of the first skills I learned and one that is now invaluable to me. I remember marking the focal point, using  a ruler to sketch out the bottoms and tops of buildings, etc. Now, I don't necessarily need to take all of those steps but perspective is still just as important.

I used my standard Micron ink pens (.45mm) to complete the ink part of this piece and my Arteza real brush pens to get the rich colors of the umbrella. I have the 48-set of the brush pens and I feel it has every shade of color I could want/need!

There wasn't much shading to be done in this piece because the size was much smaller and therefore, I focused more on the details of the architecture than the shading. I shaded the wooden walkway mostly.

My favorite part about completing pieces in this #PopOfColorProject are seeing the side-by-side comparisons when I am done. It is so incredible to me that I transform the photo so much (essentially turning it to a black and white photo) yet the resemblance is still very much there.

I have created a separate section for these #PopOfColorProject pieces in my Etsy store. Click here to visit my shop and on the left-hand side, you can select "Pop of Color Project" to see only the pieces in this series. Thanks for reading and I hope you check it out!