Illustration Friday - Star Gazing

I have never participated in this project before and I was not planning to. It just happened. I noticed the topic pf the week - Star gazing. I had gessoed a small piece of cardboard and Icreated a bit of texture in the wet gesso by pressing some textured plastic. Then, I saw the two "friends" and I thought they would make a nice focal point for star gazing. I outlined the shapes in watercolor.

Then, I applied various layers of colored pencil, acrylic washes and pen. So here are the friends watching the stars together.