I keep coming back to this “type” of sketch… obviously my favorite, what I think I do best, and most comfortable to me. I will be taking a watercolor class in April to try to strengthen my ability to do looser paintings, without ink or pencil, but I imagine this type is actually “me”.
A. Gallo watercolor, Fabriano 100% cotton paper 140 lb, uniball deluxe micro pen
I love these poppies! I’d frame them, but this is actually for a watercolor swap, so I’ll have to do another for myself! My partner is new to watercolor, and I wanted to show her several different ways of painting. So I also did this leaf on a notecard for her, painted directly:
and this little notecard (I used some stickers for inspiration!):
None of these required pencil sketches first, they are all pretty basic.
Which do you like the best?
ThreeSixFiveArt 