Patterned Seals.

After seeing the gorgeous patterns on the Seals fur, I tried to represent them abstractly using watercolour, fineliner and pencil.

I created a base in watercolour and added pattern over the top. I felt as though the result illustrated what I loved about the seals fur and I might try to do another similar study, adding more abstract patterns.

I decided to paint a big A2 size seal to experiment with the texture further. I was planning to add patterned detail but I thought it looked complete with the water colour.

I therefore created some studies in my sketchbook with the watercolour patterns, and combined it with my doodling style inspired by Alyn Carlson.