Illustration Friday: Artificial

“When the rain came down in buckets, Norton would take a walk in the cornfield and pay a visit to Mr. Scarecrow.  While he was very good at scaring off the crows, Mr. Scarecrow was terrified of lightning.  So all through the storm, Norton sat by him, so that he wouldn’t be afraid.”

The scarecrow is the artificial aspect of this drawing.  I sketched them out with pencil first, and then went back and added in the details with my ink pen.  I used masking for the rain drops, and then put down a wash of blue.  Then I started working in the browns and yellows in layers.  When it was all dry, I flicked in some white acrylic paint for more rainy effect.  Time to complete, around two hours.