Bearnadette loves beads, candy, confetti and parades. She began as a doodle for March. I follow artist Ello Lovey, who publishes a Doodle-a-Day list each month. Day 4, Fat Tuesday, was all about Mardi Gras.
When I get an idea and start doodling on my iPad, I can’t stop until the fun is over. After spending eight hours on the design, I had made a friend. Bearnadette. I posted a digital image of Bernadette for sale on Etsy in the spirit of Mardi Gras and a city that is rebuilding its history.
My how to:
My favorite two iPad apps are InkPad and Adobe Ideas. Bearnadette was created in InkPad, which is similar to Adobe Illustrator. It’s a vector program and creates drawings with crisp edges. I penned shapes stacked layers of shapes, filling the shapes with juicy Mardi Gras colors, adding gradients for shape.
Lastly, I removed the color layers from the drawing and made a page for you to color. So, get out your crayons or colored pencils and have some fun. Click this link to download a coloring page.
