Greetings and Happy New Year!!!
Did more reading and sitting by the pool than anything else this year (and that is a good thing) but did manage to do two little sketches.
The first is a simple pen and ink with watercolor. In my mind, the calligraphy (Pilot parallel pen and an inexpensive flex pen) really makes the picture stand out.
Below is a small watercolor of the Atlantic Ocean, which was a gorgeous clear green that contrasted against the cerulean sky, done with using only a 1 inch flat brush.
I hear it is great place to grab a beer and some wings and some sliders. . .
Watercolor on 140lbs watercolor block, 9x12
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.
