Draw, Pull, and Wash

An apple. Commonly found in the middle of the produce section of a grocery store - usually located in the middle of a student's still life. I singled out this speckled apple for artistic purposes, and the results are...pretty good.
I have no idea how to effectively render light and shadow on objects like this in watercolor. "How the heck do I differentiate texture from shadow?" That question is still going through my mind. The apple looks round though - so, mission accomplished.
Other random thoughts from this session:

It takes a deep red-orange to turn pthalo blue into grey
There has to be a better way to apply masking fluid onto my paper
Take your time. Working wet-into-wet causes bleeding (like in the upper part of the shadow), dumb-dumb.
Salt needs to be applied when the surface is almost dry. Apply too soon and you don't get that cool effect.
Paul's Boutique is a way better album when you listen to it while doing creative stuff.
The mechanical pencil is the best way to lay down your under-drawings on this type of paper

Looks like I have more studying to do.

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Old school pen and ink. I haven't used a crow quill pen since high school - and, even then, I remember struggling to get it to work. This time, I thought I would try to create something using only cross-hatching. The prompt word today is "bait". This word took me into a lot of different ideas, but the one I ultimately landed on is based on the will-o-wisp. In my head, I imagined glowing orbs in front of a copse of swamp trees all created with layers of cross-hatching. Things had to be scaled back a bit. There are still two trees in the background if you look hard enough. Success? Sort of. It forced me to use a different kind of pen and, in doing so, made me want to keep going and get better with it.

Horse in Ink and Brush

Based on a toy horse I use for reference. I don't have a lot of experience with ink and brush - but I thought tonight would be a great time to just play around and try something new. Without the pressure of creating a masterpiece, I went to work immediately. I think I may have mixed too much water into my ink for this one. I really like some of the lines and relationships here. The proportions are pretty messed up, but this may be the closest I've come to getting a horse to look like a horse. I'll probably do more with ink and brush soon.

Rainbow Bisque

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