Little Wolvie

Watercolor Drawing.

Ink + Watercolor + Cold-Pressed Watercolor Paper

Faun Sketch

Pencil, ink and watercolor on 140 lb. Aqvarelle Arches, hot pressed paper, 9" x 12"

Are you ready for some ...

... football?!?

I was testing some watercolor paper for an upcoming book project and wondered what a watercolor drawing looks like on top of a photograph. Interesting. Kinda reminds me of what Mo Willems does with his Knuffle Bunny books.

Musical sketch

A quick sketch I made tonight while trying to make myself sleepy enough to go to bed.
It worked.
Enjoy!

Lion

Watercolors and Niji Waterbrush on Aqvarelle Arches Hot Pressed paper

I did this while trying out my new Niji Waterbrush for the first time. It's a very nifty tool that was better than I thought it was going to be. I recommend it.

This may inspire me to go sketching at the zoo next week if I can find a nice day to go.

Tree Sketch

Here's a tree sketch I made while watching television tonight.
9" x 12" on 140 lb. Acquarello Watercolour, 100% cotton, hot pressed paper with a Col-Erase black pencil and watercolors.

Read a book

7" x 10.25"
Watercolor and ink on Aqvarelle Arches, Rough, 100% Cotton

Portrait

This is a watercolor of my wife. It's very hard for me to do her justice.

I've hardly touched my watercolors during the past year. Trying to get back into the swing of things.

Watercolor paper

I noticed some new watercolor blocks at the art supply store the other day and decided to buy a couple of them.
I made the decision to buy them entirely on the size of the paper, which is roughly 9.5" x 4" ... a panoramic size.
I'm in love with this size for sketching and doing small watercolors while stretched out on the living room floor watching tv.

The paper is called Papier Aquarelle made by Sennelier. It's wonderful.
The watercolor above was done on a hot pressed block.
I also bought a cold pressed block.
Like Wes, I'm pretty undecided about paper choices.
I'm not sold on working on one particular paper...some days I like the feel of cold pressed paper, some days, I like hot pressed.
I hardly ever stray from using a watercolor block, but during my latest shopping spree at the art supply store, I bought some sheets of paper to experiment on.

Note to self: watercolor paper can be expensive.

-stacy.