Screwing around with technique

I have been wanting to try some crazier, looser techniques in watercolor that I have seen others do.  The paper in the notebook I used was too porous to handle all the water that I threw at it (you can see the radiating wrinkles on the right side of the picture).  It was fun anyway.  I really liked using the white gel pen to add highlights.

And this is a partial swipe of the cover for the first issue of The Mercenary Sea (by Mathew Reynolds) in order to try out some brushes for inking.  I made the guy look like a Scooby Doo villian, though.

 

Lake between the Mountains

One more early fall painting before winter truly begins.

                                    Watercolor on 140 lbs block 9x12

Bear Hug

Sometimes, everybody needs a hug.

                                    Watercolor pen & ink on 180 lbs paper

Barbarian at the Door

Taking a brief departure from landscape painting to do something more comic book like.  There was a time I would have loved to be the penciler or inker for a Conan comic.  Hell, I still would.

                                    Pen & Ink and watercolor on 180lbs paper 9x12

And some older pencil sketches from the late 80's showing I always wanted to be the illustrator of a Conan comic book.

"Conjuring a Demon"

"Barbarian vs Knight"