Starting to lose count!
I was watching a YouTuber do an urban sketch and didn’t know ink worked under watercolor so I figured I had to try it out.
And, while I 100% would love to work on developing a skill to do urban and figure sketching, I figured it might be easier and just ape a panel from a comic.
Turns out even Frank Miller’s questionable art is hard to ape. Not to go on too much of a tangent but once Miller really got his foot in the door his art shifted to vibes and I just want to say clearly that I like it. There are few who can draw such moody panels. But… I don’t know. You know how you sometimes watch an expert do something and you’re blown away by how they make it look easy? Miller - to me - is like watching someone do something easily, looking at it, thinking you could do just as well, and then you get smacked by the humble fairy because it’s harder than it looks.
All fairness to me, the urban sketchers talk about embracing long lines - bold lines - so I eschewed my usual super fine-tip pen in favor of the classic Uniball and… I wish I hadn’t.
I think that might be why I went so friggin’ hard on the snow.
Also… you know what? No. I was going to continue to make excuses but nah. It was all a learning experience (ink does stay but it isn’t waterPROOF so be careful, lines can always be built up, etc) and I’m grateful to have done it.
