Picnic

This is an illustration of characters from C.S. Friedman's Magister Trilogy. There were two things I wanted to do with this.. Draw Kamala with sun lighting up her hair, and draw Colivar wearing Magister Black which reflects no sunlight.

While I was painting this, my husband looked over just as I decided the desert part should be more yellow and less pink, and I did some wide strokes of the yellow sunlight. To him, it was magic.. colors changing in an instant. And now he's on my back about how, "That's too easy to be art!!" Nevermind that it took me about 8 hours to finish this....

Two things I need to study more.. How light effects glass, and where shadows fall during a sunset. New Year's Resolutions!!