This painting of Greg's bear (not to confused with Greg Bear, author of Dinosaur Summer) was based on a photo from his front yard's animal cam. His. Front. Yard. Animal. Cam!!! Time to move, I say. :-P
Watercolor in etchr sketchbook
I was going to give the bear crazy, glowing white (or yellow) eyes to demonstrate the tapetum lucidum, but decided not to do so. He can be crazy all on his own.
Again, I love all the lovely effects of the granulating Lunar Black watercolor paint (Daniel Smith).
This blog is now all about Sad Flowers and Smiling Bears (and unfinished penguins). Oh bother.
Watercolor on 230g acid-free, artist grade 100% cotton paper, 5.5x8.5"
Aside from being about bears, both of these paintings take advantage of Daniel Smith's granulating paints. The texture and depths of these paints provide are quite amazing.
Watercolor on 140 lbs paper 9x12"
These two are kind of groovy.
The color separation using Rose of Ultramarine and Moonglow is quite amazing and produce such interesting effects. So much fun!
Watercolor on 6.9 x 9.8 200 GSM Perfect Sketchbook
A cute little brown bear in Brun Ours (brown bear) ink on a cold snowy day. Brun Ours is a moderately shading ink and it has become my favorite ink for flex pen writing (it looks so old school). Both the bear and the lettering done using a folded nib pen.
. . .since I did any watercolor or posted anything. Did this for a colleague who just came back and is recovering from neck surgery. And it is the perfect way to start after an extended abscence.
Watercolor, pen & ink on 90 lbs watercolor paper
T and I spent a full day at the National Zoo. And aside from watching young Bao Bao eat honey off of a milk crate (see below), I did manage to complete a quick sketch or three. Most of the animals moved around too much for me, but a few allowed for sketching. Again, the elegant writer calligraphy pen is such a simple and versatile tool for drawing and making dynamic washes.
pen & ink (elegant writer) and water brush
I am calling this a stick drawing. Why a stick drawing? Well, this is the first painting I have done using my new Daniel Smith watercolor sticks and pastels (which are, well, sticks). The watercolor sticks are, essentially, watercolor rolled into a stick. . .how cool is that? It allows you to draw with watercolor. I did the under painting with the sticks and then went it dried, I added more details with Sennelier pastels. . .and wa-lah. . . A Bear of Very Little Brain appears.
Daniel Smith watercolor sticks and Sennelier pastels on 140 lbs paper 9x12
A simple ink sketch using two of my favorite brown inks with a little bit of watersoluble crayon to round it out.
Pen & ink, neocolor watersoluble crayons on 180lbs paper
Sometimes, everybody needs a hug.
Watercolor pen & ink on 180 lbs paper
