Today is the big day - Opening Day - at the Minnesota State Fair. The news has been filled with the wide range of "food on a stick" options available to those with cash in hand. Look at what candied apples and Popsicle's started!
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| Goose #2 - quick sketch - 6B pencil, white China marker, black .5 micron pen and watercolor on tan Strathmore 400 series paper. Click on image to enlarge. |
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The white China marker is an interesting way to quickly suggest feathers and go back in later with a water color wash, to create more depth. I have never experimented much with watercolor before and am surprised by the things you can do. I don't think this would be the medium for me, but fun for some quick "get into the fair spirit" sketches. The wax resist effect of the China marker makes the addition of depth very easy provided the China marker isn't dense, like the area around the eye of the goose. The front of the neck is the perfect combination of pencil, spaces between the China marker and the paper below.....lucky sketching, but will be deliberate about trying for that effect in the future. In fact, I think the same type of end result might be possible using a non-water soluable pen, like the India ink in a Pentel pocket pen OR even any size tip of a micron fine-point.....worth a try.
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| Slight wash added to create depth. |
I added a very diluted wash just below the head, to try and create some volume and depth. The color seeps around the waxiness of the white marker very nicely. I wonder how may colors these China sticks come in, or if crayons are the best choice to add waxy color???
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| 6B pencil, white China marker, black .5 micron pen, and watercolor paint on tan Strathmore 400 series paper. Click on image to enlarge. |
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