Old to new watercolor illustration

Old to new watercolor illustration

This was an old watercolor that had been sitting in my desk drawer for a few years. I started it because my cat had been sick, she passed away and I just couldn't go back to it. After so much time passing, I didn't want to leave it unfinished so at the start for the new year I decided I would finally finish this. I'm really happy with how it turned out, despite a few technical issues I have with it. It gave me the boost I needed to get out of a creative rut and when I look at it, it feels like peace. Because I'm new to Domestika, I did not make this with a step by step process, it's just to show something I've created for a new course that I'm taking.

Watercolor with final touches in Procreate

I started this with pretty basic watercolors on Arches cold press watercolor paper. Since this was an older painting and some of my choices were a bit cemented due to surrounding dark colors around shapes, I decided to do final touches in Procreate for lighting and some color correction. I would like to get to a point where I become less reliant on digital tools to finish traditional works but overall, I think it worked out for this :)