~8x12 Arches hot press

Mixed media, watercolor, gouache, pastels (I used some fluorescing watercolors, and red sparkles)

I used some metallic sparkly paint, which doesn't really show up in the scan, so I might add a video of it. Also, it fluoresces, which is cool, but hard to scan.

I've been on a bit of a hiatus these past few years. I feel like I came out of retirement just to paint some Keith and Shiro. I have sketches for the most of the rest of Sheith Week, but since each piece seems to take at least a month, it's going to take me the rest of the year to do it. At least more Sheith? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Of course, like an idiot, I decided to do my first piece this year on hard mode and went with hot press paper and black paint. And then I had to learn gouache real quick because I messed up the faces. And I relearned why I don't do architectural pieces.

Anyway, thanks to @bangsheith for luring me back into painting! Sorry I'm late.

Original sketch:

Procreate clean up:

Inks:

Initial wash:

The slow progression of towers:

Blocked in Keith:

Blocked in Shiro:

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