I made a special accordion book about a year ago with a little red octopus in it – I documented the illustration so you could see the layers of ink go on. I love using drawing inks (I used Windsor-newton inks in this one) because you can layer them to make really rich colors – they aren’t opaque like some watercolors, and they flow really well.
This is adorable!
This is so cute, Ruth! What a simple idea, but done beautifully, and I like how the octopus and his bubbles extend over all the “pages”! Very nice.
I love it!!
[...] You might be surprised (or at least I was) to find that one of my most popular blog pages is my Octopus Drawing Sequence post from Feb 10, 2010, where I featured a step-by-step octopus drawing I did for a specially [...]