Galleries Drawing Types Watercolor
Watercolor
To line or not to line
Black and white line work (micron pen sketch) is the base of all the illustrations I create. I print this line drawing onto watercolor stock paper and mount it so I have a reference to what and how I will watercolor.
This line work can be screened 50%-70% of its value so that it will appear more like a pencil line when printed and then more or less disappear when the watercolor is added or it can printed at 100% black to be fully visible under the transparent medium of watercolor and used to reinforce the edges of the color. The first method has a softer look while the other method is crisper. But even at 100% value tend to get lost in the intensity of the color applied.
The line work can also define the finished look of a rendering. Drawn with a free hand vs. that drawn with a ruled edge can effect the sketchy vs finished quality. Hatching can be applied to further the sketchy character and require less work to achieve the watercolor value since the hatching will darken the color applied. Typically, I avoid hatching and usually is a result of a stand alone black and white sketch that watercolor is applied to on a later date.
A majority of the work you see below has a visible line work either ruled or hand drawn.
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