Work in progress of To the Nines- Kitchen

A new "To the Nines" ACEO piece is here- well, almost! I do have a bunch of progress photos to share. Got up extra early this morning to get the black ink down, then some shading in grey, then colors...

This was the final thumbnail I decided on- got very caught up in kitchen layout and whatnot, spent three days sketching and we have this:



So, the hardest part is over, now we move on to getting it sized properly on "fancy" paper:



Then my favorite part- pen!



Decided to mess with watercolors for this piece...not exactly my forté, but I wanted to do a sepia wash, and didnt want to hurt my precious markers by using them in top of pigments...



Some more color:



Once I am satisfied with the layers of watercolor, I will go back over certain lines with pen, and add details in colored pencil and acrylic paint. 

I thought maybe I could get it finished today, but I had to stop for food and then I got distracted in the kitchen and decided I must also make some cookies. But hopefully I will have it complete and ready to be listed on Sunday (please check back then!)

Thank you for reading, please take some hugs!
Xo
Emily

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