11″ x 15″, Jetstream Uni ballpoint pen (red, blue, black) on Khadi watercolor paper
This one’s different–the weird lighting makes it even more so (the top right isn’t actually yellow). I just wanted to draw some flowers, but I didn’t have any plan at all. Here’s where it sits, and now I wonder what to do. Is it done? It doesn’t really have a focus, the composition is so-so, I don’t know where I was heading with the background. Time for a break.
It happens pretty much every year. A few small sketches, maybe, but that’s about it for an entire month. As temperatures rise, my creativity slumps. Even so, I did mange a few ballpoint pen sketches, including this robin.
9″x12″, Uni Jetstream ballpoint pen on Khadi watercolor paper
More grackles. They’re so expressive.
12″x18″, India ink on Khadi smooth watercolor paper
I purposefully held back on this one. If I did this again, I’d probably spend more time on the plants (yellow pond lily or Spatterdock). I don’t think I’d add linework but would use more layering. I’d like to think I used restraint for once, but I think it’s more honest to say I wasn’t certain what to do so I stopped. In the end, it has a rather print-like feeling.
10″x14″, India ink on Khadi watercolor paper