Gold Thorki

Created for the 2022 Thorki Bang. I selected Kimchi's story, Bluebird, cause I'm a sucker for Jotun Loki, and it's always fun painting someone blue. It was a pleasure working with them!

 

I suck at full body illustrations, so a portrait of the boys with pretty hair it was. I also hate backgrounds, so why not try using gold leaf for the first time ever? I think it came out pretty well! I love how shiny it is in person, and I love all the shadows that were captured in the scan due to the buckled watercolor paper.      

 

Mediums: Watercolor, colored pencil, and synthetic gold leaf on 11.69" x 16.53"Arches rough press watercolor paper.

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(  A little fun behind the scenes look at the gold leaf application. The skewings added a nice effect, like leaves or petals blowing in the wind. Also, so shiny!! )