This year I have joined a most talented group of illustrators and artists in one of Lilla Roger's Make Art That Sells classes. Lilla leads a number of online classes to help illustrators find their niche and improve their portfolios, two things that I need to do.
The bootcamp is a 5 month program with one big assignment each month with a mini assignment to get the juices flowing. This month the mini was to draw anything 'tea' related which prepped us all for the big assignment:
“Create a journal cover around the theme of reading tea leaves. Feel free to use your art from the mini or make new art. ”
below are some of sketches and paintings that I did working up to my final piece ...