Being an illustrator rather than a fine artist, using watercolour with an ink line seems to come a lot more naturally to me than watercolour alone. Not that I’ve come close to mastering the technique of course.
Watercolour and Ink Painting 24.1.12
Watercolour and Ink Life Painting 24.1.12
Sometimes it’s nice to pick one area of a painting (such as the figure) and add colour only there. This creates a nice contrast between two different textures.
Watercolour and Ink Life Painting 7.2.12
After doing the below image in just watercolour in class, I felt it needed a touch more definition, so I added outlines in Photoshop at home. Hmm… would be interesting to try a life drawing straight into Photoshop using a Wacom tablet.
- Watercolour and Photoshop Life Painting 29.11.11
