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“Lotus Petals”
by Gayle Wheatley
Watercolor on Paper
12 x 9 inches
Here’s the finished cover art for the novel Night Terrors! It was one of the first illustrations I’ve done as an oil painting, and I definitely felt like it was a big success. I’ve been struggling with different methods for illustration projects lately, experimenting with everything from digital vector illustrations to digitally painted art to hand-painted watercolors. But I have to say painting in oils still seems to work best for me, even though it’s not really the most practical or streamlined approach for commissioned illustrations.
Below are some process photos taken over the duration of the project:
Watercolor & Ink on Paper
Watercolor on Paper
Happy Labor Day!
Gayle Wheatley, colored pencil & ink on paper
Inspirations: astrology, Battle Star Gallactica and my sketches from the oceanography section of the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.
Gayle Wheatley, Colored Pencil on Paper
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!!!
Gayle Wheatley, colored pencil & ink on paper
Inspirations: Irish luck + shamrocks, Moulin Rouge + absinthe, Thumbelina + Peter Pan
Gayle Wheatley, Colored Pencil and Ink on Paper
Inspirations: pink lemonade, deer watching in Nara, Japan and Malibu, CA, Native American mythology and “Necromance,” the most interesting store I’ve ever been to in LA…it’s on Melrose and is filled with animal skeletons, amazing taxidermy, antlers, preserved insects, sea creature fossils, teeth & shells, preserved animal bits in jars and all sorts of interesting stuff.
Gayle Wheatley, Colored Pencil on Paper
Gayle Wheatley, Colored Pencil and Ink on Paper, Osaka Forever Series
Inspirations: Japanese fashion, punk rock, Shinsaibashi
Gayle Wheatley, Colored Pencil and Ink on Paper, Osaka Forever Series
Inspirations: Japanese fashion, Americamura, riding the bull at Saddleranch, Monk & Pantone Rubine Red.
Gayle Wheatley, Colored Pencil in a Moleskine Journal
