Diamond Lake

Devouring fish and chips in a log cabin above a lake in Canada with my family is a core memory that I keep to this day. An image of the Diamond Lake in Canada came across me while scrolling through my father’s camera roll. The warmth of the fish and chips and the log cabin that was reminded by the photo inspired me to illustrate Diamond Lake. 

In [Diamond Lake], horizontal, vertical, contour, and hatching strokes were used for the first layer of rocky parts of the mountain. To add depth to the rock, cross-hatching strokes and stippling strokes were used. For the trees of the forest, vertical lines were used for the trunks and circles were used to imitate the texture of the soft leaves. The darkness of forest was portrayed using stippling strokes. The tree in the foreground was drawn using random lines, circles, and hatching strokes to mimic the gentle texture of the leaves. 

The turquoise color of the lake came from a mixture of different colored pastels: . The color was prepared by scratching the pastel to make pastel powder and was applied using cotton and cotton swabs.