John Welding ~ Drawing

Pental Colour Brush pen and Winsor & Newton   watercolour , drawn slightly bigger than my usual doodle stuff on an A3 sheet of cartridge paper. Drawn freehand for the joy of it, something creepy for the time of the year. Bits of white paint over the watercolour for highlights. I had to patch the creatures paw as my first attempt didn't look right. 'Hand acting' is important in drawing. I am also putting a lot of movement into the brush at this size. Brush pens and water brushes used for the colour application. Dr Ph Martins Bleed Proof White , Scalpel and glue stick to cut out and adhere the patch and a permanent marker to colour the edges, helps hide the fact that it's a patch. I thought I was going back to using dip pen and ink . My recent foray into colouring my brush pen drawings with digital colour caused me to question my process (again!) and I hesitated, going back to basics. I thought the dip pens were letting me say something new. But realised I was just ...