I have a piece of ugly plastic carpet protector in the hallway, to keep me from tripping over the cable cord. Pandora has decided that it’s a fine place to sleep. I think the fact that it’s right in the middle of the walkway is why it appeals to her. She’s trying to kill me.
This is what happens when you leave your still life sitting on the coffee table, where the dog can reach it. I think it may be time for a trip to the grocery store.
I never got a chance to draw the stupid thing from this angle. Hrmf!
Red Pear
watercolor pencil on 90lb Stonehenge paper
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
I used Koh-i-noor aquarell pencils with a Niji water brush. You’d have to be a masochist to use water-based media on paper that is not well suited to it, when you don’t even like–or have any skill with–watercolor in the first place. Just sayin’…
I do really like these brushes, though. They’re affordable, portable, and they actually work pretty well (considering I have no clue what I’m doing). I need to get a flat one, for washes, because the little pointy one I have is absolutely the wrong tool for the job.
Oh, and I had way too many light sources while trying to work on this, which is something else I don’t really recommend. Another thing I don’t recommend is setting your big box of pencils on the couch next to you, when you know that the dog is guaranteed to want to lie down there. Anyone for a game of 72 Pick-up?
Red Pear
water-soluble crayon on 90lb Stonehenge paper
5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Yes, it does glow in the dark. Why do you ask?
red paper boat 