While I was in Alaska, I was inspired by the native art. It was everywhere. Fortunately I had brought my artist ink and some pre-cut bristle board along for the trip.

This drawing actually started out rotated 90 degrees clockwise. I drew the outline of the whale first. We had also recently taken a trip to Seward AK for a whale watching boat tour so that probably had something to do with the choice of subject.

The local art uses thick lines and bold solid color regions. I started with thick lines but couldn't stop myself from putting my dots down. I started with the green ink and filled in the mouth of the whale. Next up was the purple areas.

On a previous experiment, I found that my scarlet ink was just a tad bit to transparent. When I put a layer of orange over the scarlet, it darkened it up to a deep red. I was going for that same effect but reversed the process. I applied the orange first, then as I applied the scarlet I noticed it still looked orange. Hmmm. Apparently the order matters. Oh well, damage done. My whale is orange.

I finished it up with some blue areas because it just look to "suspended" in the middle of the page. Funny thing is, I signed it at the head but you can rotate it around and it looks good jumping in the water or jumping out. I do regret adding the suggestion of water though. Oh well, live and learn.

I named it "Elusive One" for a reason. You see that whale watching boat tour I was on didn't turn out as I had hoped. All I saw was one hint of a whale's tale and several spouts as they swam. I never got close enough to get a good look. I guess this drawing will have to do.