Swordwhale Walking: Illustration, scrivenings & photography

Ah, if only it were as simple to get the image out of my head and onto the paper as it is for my young Elven illusionist at the top of the page here. Just wave your hands, say the magic words and the image appears. It's a little more complicated for most of us, so here are some ideas on how to make it less annoying and more fun. The PDFs below will, I hope, show you how I did some of the pieces here, and how you can have fun with watercolor, wildlife sketching and other illustration.

A step by step look at how I did this watercolor/acrylic illustration of the Pride of Baltimore II, a reproduction of a privateer of the War of 1812. Click on Pride to go to the secret page.