Ink and watercolor on Fabriano 140lb soft press. Doodled at the end of the day, better than any of the “finished” stuff I worked on earlier. C’est la vie.

Struggling with color. And value. And drawing.

Ink and watercolor in sketchbook, after Atget photo.

After an Atget photo. Ink and watercolor in sketchbook.

Ink and watercolor with gouache highlights.

Ink and watercolor in sketchbook.

Drawn with new Escoda sable brush—first sable ever. I usually work with relatively cheap-o synthetic brushes. Jury’s still out on this one. It’s definitely a different beast than the super-springy synthetics.

Not a comic, but trying out different ways of drawing the same panel. My original idea was the bottom right, with just one touch of color. Then I tried making the trees more gestural (drawn faster), making the color areas more stylized, etc. Ink, watercolor, collage in sketchbook.

Ink, gouache, watercolor doodle on cheap paper. Painted at the end of a long day. Here’s a snap of it backlit by the setting sun.

I kind of like the heavy chiaroscuro, maybe I should try to paint more like that.

Playing with colored pencils and watercolor. I like the idea of using non-literal colors, with the outlines overlapping. I haven’t done much with “emotional” color schemes before.