So what do I love about Silver Phoenix? The action, yes, but mostly the Asian setting and mythos (I wanted to draw the gods or immortals, but this scene was hard enough as it was).
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| I don't know why, but rice fields make me happy. |
I tried a lot of new things with this (I really want that ARC!), so I screwed up a lot of things too. But watercolor pencils? My new favorite. I found a pack (Disney brand?) with the stuff that came with our four newest kids. They don't know how to use them, so I figured I'd learn.
They're so cool. Like painting, but without the abject fear that I'll get it wrong (because I can pencil everything in first). If I keep fiddling, I'm going to have to get my own high quality pack.
Anyway, there you go, Cindy. Congratulations on getting not one, but two novels published, and thank you for writing them. If any of you guys want to get in on the contest, there's still time. It doesn't close until December 1st (and you don't have to draw to win).
Wow. Awesome. I too love anything related to Asian culture, especially Japanese.
ReplyDeleteI love the drawing and the rice fields ARE especially cool. But watercolor pencils? That kind of made my brain go sideways. How does that work?
ReplyDeleteI've got a crazy long TBR list, which Silver Phoenix has been on for a long time, but I bumped it up to the Christmas Wish List, so that perhaps Santa will put it in my stocking. :)
I'm going to check out the contest (as long as I don't have to draw!).
Nice work!
ReplyDeleteGreat. How am I going to beat this with WORDS??
ReplyDeleteGood job, Adam! :)
Susan: They're water soluble pencils (I didn't know what that meant either until I looked up how to use them). Basically, they draw exactly like regular colored pencils, but when you brush over them with water, the colors turn into watercolor paint!
ReplyDeleteLT: I understand Cindy is partial to flattery ;-)
@Adam That is brilliance! I've never heard of such a thing. Not that I know anything about art, but still ... cool.
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of them either. I had to find how-to videos to even figure them out.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely cannot live without watercolor pencils. I discovered them in Asia, too. Maybe they're not really an American thing?
ReplyDeleteSilver Phoenix is one of those books I've been meaning to read!
Amy
That's possible, Amy. The how-to videos I found were done by British folks (Britain has a bigger cultural footprint in Asia than in America).
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