Alcoholbased markers, colored pencils and a bit of baby oil

I like to try out new things. There are tons of videos on YouTube concerning drawing with colored pencils and / or alcoholbased markers. However, I didn't find any video about painting abstract art with markers and pencils, and I didn't find any video about blending the pencils on top of the markers with baby oil. 

That is what I did. I first applied the markers and then, in order to create some shading, applied colored pencils and blended them with baby oil using a q-tip. 

The painting on the left side was an experimental one from the beginning to the end. This also means that I did not do any line drawing first; I just added one shape to the other. I was happy that I could finally use my very light markers. They are ideal for underpainting. 
 

Traditional art and AI Art

 I do not see traditional art and AI Art as matters which exclude each other. I think there are several ways to combine them. 

Create AI versions out of traditional art pieces
As you might know if you follow my blogposts I have been focussing lately on creating art with colored pencils. Or, to say it more precisely, I have been creating abstract art with colored pencils (which, by the way, seems to be quite unusual). My latest painting done with this medium however ia the illustration of a mask.

A long time ago, I had done a line drawing of a mask and colored it markers, Now I decided to color it with colored pencils, changing the drawing a bit in the process.

I used drawing cardboard as a surface. It is not as smooth as Bristol paper, but much smoother than watercolor paper. 

I then used the colored pencil piece as a so called starter image with an AI Art Generator. 

And this is what Mage Space made out of it. There are a few changes, but the color combination is more or less the same. I feel that it is still "my painting".