"Rock House"
Watercolor and micron pen sketch from my sketchbook, NFS

Hi everyone! I've only had one comment about the abstracts.
I am working on a very big watercolor still, so am posting things you might find interesting until I complete it. This sketch was done from photos taken in Northern Ireland. Everywhere you look in N. Ireland, you find an interesting subject to draw or paint! I love laying in a quick wash of color and then going over my pencil lines with ink. All at once the drawing just comes to life. I am beginning to get my new sketch book quite full of drawings and also am using it to plan my big watercolors.

There was much to do before I could start the watercolor painting! I first sat up a still life of antique items. I have quite a collection of antiques, so it was pick and choose. Finally after almost a whole day, I had it sat up satisfactorily and then I did a sketch in the sketch book, planning shadows, etc. I adjusted the lighting several times and made a few other placement changes. Then I had to do a rather detailed drawing on my Arches paper. Finally, time to paint! Hopefully by tomorrow I can start showing you how it is coming. This is not going to be fast!

Have a beautiful weekend. I will be going to church tomorrow morning  and then painting in the afternoon. It isn't Fallish here, but the weather is beautiful!