Malaise - Weekly Sketch

Just a tad bit late getting this up for the week.  A quick burnt umber wash for a piece I'm considering in the future that started because I had too much paint left on my water brush.  Profound. 

Watercolor on Paper, 5.75"x4.5"

Monkey Business - Weekly Sketch

This week's subjects are again from the WetCanvas forum - the theme was zoo critters with some flowers,  shrubbery and a domestic pet thrown in for good measure.  It's usually a dog or cat...always a dog or cat I've noticed.  People really like them.  This time it was a dog.  I didn't draw the dog.


The first piece is a quick pen and watercolor wash I did as a warm up.  Monkeys.  Three monkeys to be clear.  The second, a lemur.  Just one.  The third which is in the next post for reasons that will become apparent includes said zoo critters,  flowers, shrubbery...but no dog.  Have I mentioned yet that I didn't draw the dog?

Micron & Watercolor on Paper, 5"x8"

Watercolor on Paper, 5"x8"

Julie

More than once has someone (always a dude) commented that I only draw girls of the caucasian variety.  That's completely false...perhaps not completely. I just seem to have a better grasp of white proportions and features but we're going to remedy that. This is my pretty cousin, Julie.


Practicing the ol' wash technique using India ink on Canson montval 140 lb watercolor paper. It's a heavy wash so I like using the sturdier stock and I tend to overwork my pieces. 

Ink on Paper, 7.5"x10.25"