Half a Moose

The reference photo I used was cropped and only showed half of the moose.  Rather than fill the caboose of the moose myself, I decided to leave half a moose.  It gives it a weird, ethereal vibe that I quite like, especially with the light washes.

As with the backyard tree, I used a simple color palette of browns (raw sienna, burnt umbar and van dyke brown) but added a splash of green for contrast and pop.

                 Pen & ink and watercolor on 246 lbs acrylic linen paper 9x12

Here is the initial sketch using winsor & newton peat brown ink and kuretake comic pen nib G model.  Lately, I have been using a variety of markers to draw as they are convenient and portable.  I forgot how wonderful it is to draw with a dip pen and nibs.  You cannot produce the variety of weighted lines with a marker that you can with a nib.  Much of line work is obscured by the watercolor washes, but that is okay.  It was still fun to do them.