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| 2/11/15 Platinum Carbon ink, Caran D'Ache Museum water-soluble colored pencils, Fabriano Studio 140 lb. hot press paper |
Today the temperature was supposed to get all the way into
the mid-50s this afternoon – 55 is my self-designated lower temperature limit
for outdoor sketching – so I bundled up and ventured out to Green Lake (below). I was a
little cold, though, especially as I waited for my watercolors to dry. (It’s
funny – while I’m sketching, I hardly notice the cold, but as soon as I have to
stop and wait, I suddenly feel it.)
Chilled, I got back in the car and was about to leave when I
spotted an interesting stand of trees bordering one side of the parking lot (above). I
felt like my watercolor sketch of the lake lost all sense of distance, so this
time I used pen and colored pencils with the goal of achieving more depth.
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| 2/11/15 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor |
Technical note: I’ve always been a fan of textured paper
with watercolors, but now that my
favorite cold-press paper has become too toothy, I’m giving Fabriano Studio hot-press paper another
try. Its smooth surface is especially pleasant to use with a fountain pen, so
in the winter when I tend to use watercolor less, it works out well. I don’t
like it much with colored pencils, though – for those, I prefer more tooth.
I really like the one of the lake!! It has that wintry look to it. Temps here have been miserably cold. I don't think it got above freezing today and Friday we are expecting temps in the teens. I'm ready for spring!
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