Merlot Crochet Lover Stockings on Flickr.
Loooooovin’ my merlot-colored Crochet Lover stockings from Sock Dreams. They were a little reward to myself for reaching some goals. PLUS I got them on sale! Which is like a DOUBLE reward! And Sock Dreams doesn’t charge shipping in the US, so, y’know, TRIPLE REWARD.
Rewards all up in my business.
Dress: Hand me down Old Navy from my awesome neighbor, Tracy.
Boots: Diba, Frizz Bee Gray, a Christmas gift from Matthew.
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While playing with my leaky brush pen, I used this outfit photo from Julie Mack as a reference to draw this sketch. Note where my pen blorched out a glob of ink on the left shoulder! Dang it.
Using strong blacks in my inking is something that really intimidates me and is something for which I don’t feel I have a particularly strong eye, so lately I’ve been forcing myself to focus on using large swatches of black and building texture with them. The results are generally pretty mixed, but I feel like I’m learning.
Julie’s collection of outfit photos have been one of my go-to resources for clothing ideas, both to draw and to emulate in real life– just in case you need some inspiration, yourself!