Comares, Spain..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

With this sketch I began to use deliberate distortion with the houses. What fun!

The technique of establishing my gray values first are as I have used before in the previous posts,  with my Tombow gray markers. 

Watercolor is then used, and I embellish the final result with as much or as little linear details as I feel necessary. 

I hope you are enjoying these sketches. The process is great for plein air paintings.

Image size is 11” x 14” 

Surface is Fabriano Hot Press paper

Little Mountain Village, Spain..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Hi everyone, I thought I would post another of these small watercolor sketches. I am loving doing them.
Especially  for outdoor sketching. Quick and effective.

After a recent trip to Spain I saw this magical mountain town simply full of little stone houses and white dwellings.. typically Spanish, I just had to draw them.
After a pencil sketch, I began this with Tombow gray watercolor ink markers, just establishing my gray values first.

Then I used my watercolor to brighten the image before I began more refined outlines in Pitt permanent marker and my Tombow black and gray markers.

I could spend hours on the details, I love to embellish drawings, and this technique keeps me occupied and happy ..


This image is 11” x 14” and is on Fabriano Hot Press Paper..

Tree Sketch..Watercolor..Texas Artist ..Rae Andrews

 Lately I have been exploring Tombow watercolor ink markers.
I sometimes splash watercolor down first then when that’s dry I use the markers to establish my subject. The set of markers I mostly use is the gray value set.
I look for some changes in values and pop degrees of gray to almost black into those areas.
After my subject is established I go back to my watercolor and get the depth I need to complete the piece.
Here are my steps with this image.
11” x 14”
Watercolor on Fabriano Hot Press paper