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  • Gouache Sketchbook #5

    Gouache Sketchbook #5

    Gouache and watercolor on 140lb Fabriano. This is an imaginary children’s adventure book illustration; I liked drawing the two henchgirls.


  • Gouache Sketchbook #4

    Gouache Sketchbook #4

    Gouache, watercolor, colored pencil and fountain pen on 140lb Fabriano. This is a study after a Sempe cartoon, with my own color ideas added.


  • Gouache Sketchbook #3

    Gouache Sketchbook #3

    Circa 2017-2018, I made a series of homemade sketchbooks in various sizes, using my favorite 140lb Fabriano watercolor paper. This was one of the later ones, in an almost-square size I really liked. You can see my haphazard stitches at left. This painting was improvised, like everything in the sketchbook; it’s a mix of watercolor…