Sketchbook submission - August Challenge
This one was a real challenge - thanks Edo! Planned to do a full version but got distracted... sketchbook studies instead. These would be my normal studies to work up to the actual painting. on the left is pencil, with a very light bit of color. then a value study thumbnail to get my lights/darks understood, and finally on the right a colored version to get colors right. Next would be actual watercolor paper, but the date crept up on me! Stilman and Birn, hard-bound Alpha series. Daniel Smith and Daler Rowney watercolors.

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I really love the right-hand page! What a little gem. Thereโs something wonderfully spontaneous and personal about sketchbook work like this.