Samarra, Sketch 2

For this sketch I was trying not to use the smudge function in Procreate (the iPad drawing app).  This one used only the brushes.  Gray "paper", so the black and white lines contrasted each other.  I used a photograph as the base, a picture I took yesterday morning while she was chasing a lizard on the window in the dinning room.

  I consider the photograph base to be cheating a little, but I really like the results.  The photo lets me get all the proportions correct, then I can fill in the details, to get it to look right.

  Since I've never tried the gray background before this was also a learning exercise.  I'll probably be trying more of these.  And it give me a chance to take a so-so picture and make it something more.