"But I don't know why" process

Many people have asked me about how I do my paintings, what materials I use, etc. Well, I´ve taken the time to picture the process (if we can call it like that) of my last work. It's called "But I don't know why" and it took me one week long to finish.

I always use acrylic paint as a background due to a simple reason- it's waterproof. Because I use ink pens on it afterwards, it has to stay dry as I draw on it. Otherwise it'd be quite messy and I'd end up spoiling some pens (it actually happened a lot by the time I used gouche... gouche is very cool, but never draw on it using pens)

I paint on standart watercolor paper with a small grain. It supports good big quantities of paint without bending too much. I paint randomly using a main color (this time green) mixing it with small portions of other colors to get a messy feeling. I mix the acrylics with quite a lot of water to get a lot of texture.

Once I'm happy with the texture I beguin painting "big dots" using different colors.

And then comes the alcohol. Not for "inspiration", but to get rid of the excesive paint and to make the texture a little warmer. Acrylics "melts" with alcohol a little bit, you have to insist, but it kind of gets rid.

I dry the whole thing using a hair dryer. It really is one of the main tools.

And now comes the pens fun! As you might already know, I have LOTS of pens... and I use them all. This is the part I enjoy the best. When I pick my pens and pencils and beguin drawing like I'm speaking on the phone, without paying much attention. It's funny how some of the pens I use the most, are the cheapest ones. I have stupid expensive pens that I almost never use.

The very first cloud.

The mess is growing.

I use the color pencils to give "volume" to the shapes. The kind of work like shadows.

The painting half done.

I eventually get back to the paint and brush to draw some more details that I might find interesting. This time I was painting the shape of a mountain.

I use the hair dryer to dry the ink as I draw. It helps me to be sure I won't whip the fresh ink with my hand. Acryilic is plastic, so the ink doesn't dry as soon as on "naked" paper.

I use these COOL gel pens I found from Uni-ball to highlight. I simply love them. I still remember how excited I was the day I found them. It's always been hard to draw white opaque lines without having to use typ-ex r something like that. I don't especially like typ-ex, it's quite thick and it gets dark and dirty as I keep on drawing.

I use some 8b pencils to give some dark shadows to some of the details.

Using my fingers to blur it.

The painting almost finished laying next to my computer where I was getting some inspiration by watching my own work... it might be some sort of canivalism, but I'm not sure-

Drying the last cloud.

Some cool detail :)

"creative mess" or the reason why my mother hates me.

And that's it!. Below there's the finished painting. I hope you all like it! Don't hasitate to leave a comment telling me my drawings are cute or to ask me whatever technical question you might have. Cheers!