"I think I've decided what I'd like. Well, if it's something you can teach me. I'd like to capture Leth's light shining on the surface of the Suvan…”
Ah, so nothing special then.
”...or at least know how to draw the ripples and the waves."
That was a bit more up Aislyn’s alley.
Not visiting the ocean often certainly had its drawbacks, one of which being the fact that Aislyn did not have the most acute ability to draw water. But she had told the woman she’d teach her how to draw, and if she wanted to draw the ocean, well then Aislyn was going to try to draw the ocean. There was a first time for everything, was there not?
”Alright… That’s- That’s doable.”
The pair moved down the beach, until Aislyn’s gaze was drawn to a large piece of driftwood sitting in the sand. It was low tide, and thus the log seemed relatively dry. Karin seemed to choose it as a bench, and steered the two towards it. Aislyn eagerly took a seat, stretching out her legs in the sand.
Despite the low tide, the ocean and waves were relatively close, as proven by Karin’s near miss of a stone throw. Aislyn followed suit, picking up a smaller, flatter rock, and throwing it like a tiny frisbee. It made it- barely- but failed to skip. She used to be able to skip stones, but it appeared she wasn’t as talented as she once was. When Karin spoke, however, she took her seat.
”Well, we have the perfect vantage point, do we not?”
It was true. They were positioned with Leth directly above and in front of them, and the ocean just below his light. There was a smathering of boats close by, and the spare pieces of the ocean that the tide had left behind made for a fairly interesting display. It was like a collage of… Well, the sea.
That was what she wanted, right?
”I’d say...” Aislyn drew out the assortment of paper once again, isolating two fresh sheets. She had her sea, now it was time to get to work.
”There’s no lack of possibility.”
Using her notebook as a surface to rest her paper on, Aislyn began to detail the ocean. Large, thick strokes for the vague surface of the water. Waves, just like every other scene she drew, were just lines in the end. Very, very wavy lines. She defined the water line with the sharper side of the charcoal, using the blunt end to fade the ‘colour’ that was her shading. The horizon was difficult; how did you capture the feeling of endlessness that was the sea?
In the end, though, it was just as infinite as everything else she drew. Confined to a page and forever static.
Caught up in her musing and the draw of her charcoal, Aislyn momentarily forgot she was supposed to be teaching someone.
”Oh- I’m…” The artist glanced from the ocean, to Karin, to back down at her drawing. ”Sorry.”
Wiping off the charcoal smudges that stained her hands as best she could, she turned towards the other woman.
”Leth’s light shining on the surface of the Suvan...”
The moon, and the ocean. When broken down, that was all she really needed.
”Well, let’s start with Leth.”
Adding on to her drawing, Aislyn drew a circle, simple enough, just above where her horizon was. Granted, the moon wasn’t technically full that night, but it was fairly close, and full moons were easier to draw. After that, she dotted stars, black on her paper but white in the sky. Opposites, she supposed, but fun to copy down nonetheless.
”Like this, sporadically. Not too close to each other, and not too far away. But not in a pattern. And not in front of Leth.” Zintila in front of Leth made no sense. If a star was that close, it would be too bright for any mortal eye to handle. Like a second sun, at night. It would probably not be fun.
”Then the water. Mark the horizon, so you can see the difference between sea and sky.” She pointed back to where she had drawn her own horizon, careful not to actually touch the paper, else it smudge.
”It’s just lines, in different combinations, in different ways. It becomes easier as you go on.”
Ah, so nothing special then.
”...or at least know how to draw the ripples and the waves."
That was a bit more up Aislyn’s alley.
Not visiting the ocean often certainly had its drawbacks, one of which being the fact that Aislyn did not have the most acute ability to draw water. But she had told the woman she’d teach her how to draw, and if she wanted to draw the ocean, well then Aislyn was going to try to draw the ocean. There was a first time for everything, was there not?
”Alright… That’s- That’s doable.”
The pair moved down the beach, until Aislyn’s gaze was drawn to a large piece of driftwood sitting in the sand. It was low tide, and thus the log seemed relatively dry. Karin seemed to choose it as a bench, and steered the two towards it. Aislyn eagerly took a seat, stretching out her legs in the sand.
Despite the low tide, the ocean and waves were relatively close, as proven by Karin’s near miss of a stone throw. Aislyn followed suit, picking up a smaller, flatter rock, and throwing it like a tiny frisbee. It made it- barely- but failed to skip. She used to be able to skip stones, but it appeared she wasn’t as talented as she once was. When Karin spoke, however, she took her seat.
”Well, we have the perfect vantage point, do we not?”
It was true. They were positioned with Leth directly above and in front of them, and the ocean just below his light. There was a smathering of boats close by, and the spare pieces of the ocean that the tide had left behind made for a fairly interesting display. It was like a collage of… Well, the sea.
That was what she wanted, right?
”I’d say...” Aislyn drew out the assortment of paper once again, isolating two fresh sheets. She had her sea, now it was time to get to work.
”There’s no lack of possibility.”
Using her notebook as a surface to rest her paper on, Aislyn began to detail the ocean. Large, thick strokes for the vague surface of the water. Waves, just like every other scene she drew, were just lines in the end. Very, very wavy lines. She defined the water line with the sharper side of the charcoal, using the blunt end to fade the ‘colour’ that was her shading. The horizon was difficult; how did you capture the feeling of endlessness that was the sea?
In the end, though, it was just as infinite as everything else she drew. Confined to a page and forever static.
Caught up in her musing and the draw of her charcoal, Aislyn momentarily forgot she was supposed to be teaching someone.
”Oh- I’m…” The artist glanced from the ocean, to Karin, to back down at her drawing. ”Sorry.”
Wiping off the charcoal smudges that stained her hands as best she could, she turned towards the other woman.
”Leth’s light shining on the surface of the Suvan...”
The moon, and the ocean. When broken down, that was all she really needed.
”Well, let’s start with Leth.”
Adding on to her drawing, Aislyn drew a circle, simple enough, just above where her horizon was. Granted, the moon wasn’t technically full that night, but it was fairly close, and full moons were easier to draw. After that, she dotted stars, black on her paper but white in the sky. Opposites, she supposed, but fun to copy down nonetheless.
”Like this, sporadically. Not too close to each other, and not too far away. But not in a pattern. And not in front of Leth.” Zintila in front of Leth made no sense. If a star was that close, it would be too bright for any mortal eye to handle. Like a second sun, at night. It would probably not be fun.
”Then the water. Mark the horizon, so you can see the difference between sea and sky.” She pointed back to where she had drawn her own horizon, careful not to actually touch the paper, else it smudge.
”It’s just lines, in different combinations, in different ways. It becomes easier as you go on.”
