Entry for ART EXPLOSION 82: PSYCHEDELICS 

![20200210_alice_001_8.resized.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPLjnHvZhYbFWgyk9WZzr41TWZbY7E9KCQhd5bucQvhRQ/20200210_alice_001_8.resized.png)

I'm not very familiar with psychedelic art, and I usually work with either a somewhat-realistic or limited color palette, so this seemed like an interesting challenge. I've also never had any psychedelic experiences, but I am familiar with Alice in Wonderland and all the drug stuff in those books, so that's what I decided to go with. Specifically, Alice meeting the hookah-smoking caterpillar surrounded by the crazy mushrooms, which sounds psychedelic enough for me.

Materials:
Krita, an open-source art program

Process:
First I did some rough thumbnails on paper to figure out composition

![image.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmS1v8FWMY5NW5qwESqd8M7TL3JvtqxTTJmEmv7b7A3ddo/image.jpg)

Then, digital sketches and lines

![alice_sketches.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcpbCaKCF4jvd4n7JwrGdjndoopEaHMTsjPQRkmSoAV4i/alice_sketches.png)


Then I did very rough colors

![alice_paint1.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmV5fskTfLkW3Cj9ECYvRfWcY8JhcUKTAKcWs12HowATyX/alice_paint1.png)

At this point I posted a closeup of Alice in the faces post I made a few days ago. I also took a break to do a drawing for valentine's day.

Then I painted the mushrooms and finally the caterpillar. Mostly I'd been procrastinating on working on the caterpillar because I felt like it would be hard and annoying, haha. It actually wasn't too bad. 

![alice_paint2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNWY5TCZeFEAm2REyoTpy8Fz7uD2r6FDEnFwJb8spnt9i/alice_paint2.png)

Then everything else, finished caterpillar, final mushroom, ground, etc. for the final piece

![20200210_alice_001_8.resized.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPLjnHvZhYbFWgyk9WZzr41TWZbY7E9KCQhd5bucQvhRQ/20200210_alice_001_8.resized.png)

So yeah, overall I'm fairly happy with this piece and it was a good exercise for me in using lots of colors.

Thanks for looking!