It's still the period of the Big Draw so I thought I would show some sketches done in different ways and in different places.
Brittany 'Pardon' - pen and ink and watercolour wash. This was drawn over a longish period (30mins-1hr, I can't remember exactly!). I waited until the crowd were fairly static and the procession had started and drew in the cross and people standing around it. When the clergy gathered at the front I then drew them and the tree and added some splashes of colour. The procession then walked down to the sea and there was a blessing of the sea/fish/fishermen. I used a Pilot waterproof black pen and Schminke watercolour pans and travel sable brush. The moleskin watercolour sketchbook was about postcard size.
Goldfinches on teasels - pencil and watercolour. I have drawn parts of these birds many times as they frequently come to my garden. This is a composite of a number of my sketches. They feed on teasel heads and also on sunflower hearts and niger seed. Since letting more teasels grow and putting out this variety of seeds, I have increased the number that come to the garden from two to ten birds at a time. They feed on seeds right outside my studio window or on the feeders and teasels a little further away. I seldom complete a drawing of a whole bird, with colour, but they are much easier to draw than blue tits that stay for a fraction of a second!
Pokers - pen, ink and watercolour.
I drew and painted these in the garden this summer in one fairly short sitting (up to an hour). I love the range of orange and pinks and find them more interesting than the red ones. I was using Pitt Castell, black waterproof pens.
Moroccan pots - pen, ink and watercolour
I drew this on site with a Pilot permanent ink pen in the Majorelle Gardens in Marakesh a few years ago. Then later, back at the riad where I was staying, added watercolour washes.
On the beach - pen, ink, watercolour. I drew this on the beach and added the colour to the people on the spot. I put a wash of colour onto the sea and sand areas later.
