Because working on one thing at a time is boring.

News - I've added a contact email to the "About" page.

First of all, some finished scribbles from ages ago.

And now for more WIPs to add to the WIP collection (if anyone is keeping track, please don't tell me how many there are).

This is the third sheet of watercolours that I keep talking about. It's progressed quite a bit since this photo, but it's still in progress. Convincing purple and green to blend together can be quite soul-destroying.

This is part of the latest thing to be added to the WIP pile. I finished the skirt and her hands, plus it's had a few light washes since this photo. I'm using this book as inspiration.

Then there's also a male character design that I haven't photographed, but I might scan that and try doing it digitally. I can't get the level of detail that I want into the drawing so I'm having to draw details enlarged at the side with arrows pointing to where they go (his necklace for instance). Digital painting is proving very difficult without a desk, though, so if I did do that then I'm pretty sure it'd never get done. How people do traditional character designs on A4 I will never know.

EDIT EDIT EDIT I almost forgot: the little A6 sketchbook that I was using for horrendous plein air paintings and ONLY horrendous plein air paintings has had a change of purpose, starting today. It just isn't possible for me to do plein air paintings here - I don't have a car to drive myself places or to shelter in and paint out of during horrible weather (like it will be until summer, pretty much) so if I leave that book as wanderings-only it'll never get used. It's going to be for daily disasters instead, of whatever the hell I like. I may or may not post them here: I've never posted the plein air ones, so don't hold your breath. Plein air was a brilliant exercise and I wish I could do more of it but it just isn't going to be possible while I'm staying here. I'm hoping that regular little paintings and sketches will help me to improve

Art Dump plus one WIP

I was going to make separate posts for all of these, but then I decided that I couldn't really be bothered to.

First up is the sheet of flowers done with Copic markers. I put a preview of this on Instagram with just the lines drawn, so here's the "finished" version. The first one I couldn't really be bothered with. For its size, it was too detailed. The second one is probably my favourite: I like the colours and I like the way they blended together. The third one is too dark but I used the lightest colours so there's not much I can do about that. The fourth one needs Copic white and I don't have any, so that isn't quite finished, and the fifth one looked perfectly blended until it dried, otherwise that would've been my favourite instead. I could probably have played with it more but I didn't want to go back to it. These were completed ages ago - the date is written on the sheet.

Next is the watercolour sunset I previewed on Twitter. It was completed the day after the painting in the last post but I haven't had the chance to upload it before now. This is one of the most relaxing things I've ever painted - I loved every minute of it. I'm definitely going to do more skies!

Then there's a Copic multiliner brush pen scribble of Wish from one of the photos I took of him years ago. I couldn't be bothered to do his markings, especially with a brush pen (he's an Appaloosa) and I didn't want to ruin what I'd done as I was happy with it like this. It practically matches the photo and I couldn't erase anything because it was pen, so I was very happy to get the anatomy done. It's in an A5 sketchbook that I have solely for use with pen and ink and it's the third drawing in there.

The fourth drawing in the pen and ink sketchbook is this one of a (sort of) Rainbow Cobweb Delta Guppy. I bought a dip pen and drawing inks and this is my first try at using colours and doing a "proper" drawing with them. I got a bit carried away with it but the paper held up quite well and I'm pleased with how it turned out. I'd rather not know how many times I had to dip the pen.

Last but not least is a watercolour WIP with horses and stuff. I don't know if I'll ever get around to finishing it. It's been quite boring to do so far, if I'm being honest. I am extremely sick of seeing and mixing the colour green and the masking fluid tore the paper in several places so it looks a mess anyway. I don't know. Maybe I will, maybe I won't.

I'm going to return to the other watercolour flower soon so I can get that other sheet posted, then I'm going to try a few watercolours of people. No green there!