[dc]A[/dc]fter coloring sketches with markers at the MSU Comics Forum last month, I decided I wanted to go a different route. Mainly, watercolor paint. Plenty of my comic pals use watercolor paint to jazz up their sketches, so I thought I would give it a try. While the fancy travel watercolor painting kits look nice, I needed to start small at first. A 99-cent watercolor set from Meijer worked just fine (for now).
Paint Me Like Your French Foxes
Hi, guy.
Here’s my first run, which I whipped up after getting home with my 99-cent watercolor kit: a quick No Filter Fox. I like the look of the color, and more importantly, I really enjoyed painting with water colors.¹ I’m still getting accustomed to the process, but I’m having fun.
Cat Got Your Paint Brush?
The cats are my mews. GET IT a;kdjf ;ka
I drew and colored this cartoon on Monday for Stephanie: a portrait of our two cats, Nigel and Rags. Again, I’m still getting the hang of watercolor painting, but I’m figuring watercolor techniques out as I go (how to do washes and such). The texture look on the Rags drawing came from a paper towel. I wanted to dab up some extra paint, but liked the streaky look, and it blended the colors closer to Rags’ actual coloring.
Ink and Paint
Oh boy! I’m off-model!
A perk of learning watercolor painting is it gives me an excuse to use up my pile of Bristol board scraps. I drew and colored Mickey Mouse for my nephews (they love Mickey Mouse. Well, the three-year old does. The eight-month old likes anything at this point, I think). I made a picture of Elsa and Olaf from Frozen for my niece and nephew on Stephanie’s side too, but didn’t snap a picture before putting it in the mail (along with Mickey).
Color?!
If I will color my comics here with watercolor paint, I don’t know yet. Maybe, or at least for special effects here and there. For now, the plan is to use watercolor to jazz up sketches at shows.
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¹ I find painting with watercolor relaxing for some reason. Works for me.
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