This idea of drawing a color fountain is proving harder than I expected.

When I made the first drawing using an eraser I felt the technique was reminiscence of a technique I used for a drawing years ago. It seemed like a good idea to try to replicate that technique using pencils and a eraser. The problem is that I didn’t use pencil and an eraser on that earlier drawing. I used crayons and it is becoming very clear that it is impossible to use the technique with pencil.

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Although I won’t be using this technique here, it is a very easy way to make nice looking drawings. I’ll describe the technique:

Using (wax) crayons you make colored patches like I did in this drawing. Or if you like you can make more rounded shapes or triangular. There’re loads of possibilities.
Most important is that you cover the sheet. Don’t have any white shining through. Nice bright colors probably work better than darker colors but you can experiment.
Then you take your black crayon and cover the whole sheet. Cover all the colors you just put on the paper. You’re finished with the black crayon when none of the colors are shining through.
Next you take some sharp implement and scrape the black of the paper. Not all of it but in the shape of a…. Use your imagination. You can keep it simple and scrape the shape of a house or more complicated and scrape the shape of a flower.
The possibilities are endless.

As a last attempt at drawing the color fountain I drew this.

Devide

After I made this drawing I felt it didn’t look like a color fountain but like a “devide”.

My dictionary doesn’t know what a devide is neither does Google but I’m still sure that it’s the right word. And since I’m the artist…

Hack

In general but especially when you’re doing a drawing like I describe here, I would recommend using thick paper. When using printer paper to make this drawing you’ll find that it crumples very easily especially when you’re working the edges.
Paper that’s about twice as thick works a lot easier.

Link

Characterdesign seems to be a kind of showroom for people who design characters to illustrate books. It’s a very long page but it has very nice artwork and is well wurth scrolling all the way down.
They not only show the artwork but they also have interviews with the designers.