Here’s a quiz, did I use real ink and digital watercolor, or real watercolor and digital ink?

Here’s another one from Friday. I was pretty happy with it until I stupidly tried to add some ink to the guy’s left hand, which was still wet with watercolor, resulting in a big black splotch. Oh sure, for blog-posting purposes I could fix it digitally, but instead I carved out most of the ink with an X-Acto knife, covered it with a little white-out, then tried to add a little color. Still looks a little cadaver-y, but whaddya gonna do?

Dude: How much to draw my dog?

Me: Well, ah, I dunno, it’s just good practi…

Friend: 10 bucks!

And so this mutt paid for a round trip to Jersey and like half a drink.

Tonight I was invited to a bar in Jersey City to be a “featured artist” while a couple bands played. I was worried there’d be a big spotlight on me or something, but really it was just good drawing practice in the corner of a dark room. As a bonus, a lot of people were very complimentary of my work, and coincidentally drunk!

Thought I’d draw how most people at work see me. Plus, working out the kinks of mixing watercolor pencil with ink. Tip: let the ink dry first duh.