I had a great time giving a watercolour presentation at Process at Gosh Comics last night.
Before it kicked off I prepared an ink drawing to add colour to later…
Process is organised by the fantastic Steve Walsh (below, far right). There was a great turn out yesterday.
Andy Poyiadgi talked brilliantly about putting together his exhibition for The Lakes comics festival and how the festival involved the local community, similar to the French Angouleme Festival.
Next up the brilliant Lorenzo Fiorini talked through the process of laying out panels and story telling as told to him by artist Eduardo Risso (100 Bullets, Batman: Noir). 
Then it was over to me to babble away while painting. Two pics below by Lily Withycombe.
It was good to hear further watercolour suggestions and ideas from many of the experienced creators gathered around, including Rosie Polet, Francesca Dare and Maartje Schalkx.
Two pics below by Francesca.
So here was the piece by the end of the presentation…
And here it is after I added some more layers of watercolour.
I added some additional texture on the wood, ground and bushes. I also gave some of the other areas richer and more defined tones.
After scanning it, I cleaned up the speech bubble a bit on Photoshop.
There you go. Thanks very much to Steve for asking me to come along!
