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To grisaille or not to grisaille? Well certainly not the way I did it here! It’s easy to make mud with ink. If you are going to color a grisaille, Don’t glaze the colours too much- rather, apply fresh colours mostly where the paper was left white. At least, that’s what I’m g…
Blooming magnolias. Here again I went straight in with the brush without sketching. The idea was just to work with ink. Just ink, no watercolor. Dilute, mix and apply. I really like working with these Dr. Ph. Martin india inks. Unfortunately some of them are super think and …
Paper test 2. This is a repeat of the previous painting but on cp watercolour paper. Thank you to @alenakuzmina.ph for the inspiring picture from Pexels. This is a freehand pencil sketch that I painted in watercolour (4” x 6”). #drawing #sketching #dailysketch #watercolour #…
Paper test 1. I love watercolour edges. You know the ones that form when the paint dries? In this painting and in the next post, I did more or less the same painting to see if hp wc paper gives better edges than cp wc paper. The answer: I think so but not enough to make me s…
Galactical Tulips. Not quite what I was going for. I was aiming for something softer all around but took a wrong turn with relative values and overtickled it. It’s like when you cut your bangs crooked and keep on going with the scissors. Good practice nonetheless. Thank you…
Testing-testing! I bought myself a 12 piece pastel pencil set from the company ‘Generals’ and gave them a test drive on light blue Pastelmat paper. Don’t bother. They have low pigments, they don’t blend, they go down poorly because they are so hard. They only good thing abou…
Inktober2021 Day 30: Slither. Thank you to Edwin Lopez @edwinlopezrubio for this inspiring picture from Pexels. This is a freehand pencil sketch that I went over with ink and painted in with graphitints. Ink and graphitints on Arches hp wc paper (6” x 8”). #inktober #inktobe…
Inktober2021 Day 27: Spark. This painting is inspired by a picture from Justin on Pexels. This is a freehand pencil sketch that I went over with ink and painted in watercolour. Watercolour on Arches hp wc paper (4” X 6”). #inktober #inktober2021 #lineandwash #watercolor #wat…
Inktober2021 Day 14: Tick. Yuck. This is a freehand pencil sketch that I went over with ink and then added watercolours. Ink and watercolor on hp wc paper (6” x 8”). #inktober #inktober2021 #lineandwash #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorbeginner #watercolorchallenge…