d’Anjou Pear (detail)
I used Faber-Castell Pitt pen (brush tip greys) to block out the values, then used Portfolio watersoluble crayons to add thin layers of color. I buffed away any excess crayon with a paper towel. This sort of sketch goes very quickly, if you do a good job of getting the initial lights and darks in the right places.
The lazy R was an accident. My alphabet stamps are square, so it’s easy to get them misaligned if you aren’t careful. I added the lazy 7 to match it, because I totally meant to do that.
The checkerboard pattern is another quick eraser stamp, and the recipe came from a fussy, fancy-schmancy cookbook that I will never get around to using.
red paper boat 