colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, digital

Here’s another Smithson sketch from the archives. Here I had eventual print publication in mind, and was trying to arrive at a b&w style that I liked. And as always trying to draw faster and in a more lively way. I used colored pencil for the linework, with a loose watercolor wash and some gouache highlights. When I finished it I wasn’t that thrilled, but with a few years’ distance it looks okay.

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The Smithson Alternates | 2010 | drawing, gouache, research, sketchblog, smithson, watercolor