moleskine, watercolour, coloured pencil, pencil - and seascape
I knew that people had said that moleskines didn't take watercolour - but I had to find out for myself :>)
I started off with a rough pencil sketch of a marsh harbour at Brancaster Staithe from the small moor on the hill above. It's a tiny area but real moorland with gorse and bracken and rocks.
The watercolour just rolled off its waxy surface and had to be scrubbed in quite drily to get it to stay on the paper at all! Definitely not one to try again - maybe gouache? or acrylic?
Then I used coloured pencils to reinforce colours, letting some of the watercolour that 'stuck' show through.
A mix of Polychromos, Lyra, Derwent and some cheap unnamed supermarket coloured pencils were used, reinforced with graphite pencil.
This is a view I'd like to do in oils some time, working plein air. It was done from a photograph taken when I sketched there last year. There's a wonderful view from the moor, known as The Common, of the harbour with its islands and twisting creeks, reed beds and salt marsh . Norfolk is generally fairly flat so it's lovely to be able to get a high viewpoint from rolling hills - North Norfolk is really a very nice area.
I'm disappointed that the moleskine doesn't like watercolour as I use it a lot in mixed media sketches - but it's so nice to use with drawing media that I'll buy another when this is full. I'd like to see them made double the size though.
I started off with a rough pencil sketch of a marsh harbour at Brancaster Staithe from the small moor on the hill above. It's a tiny area but real moorland with gorse and bracken and rocks.
The watercolour just rolled off its waxy surface and had to be scrubbed in quite drily to get it to stay on the paper at all! Definitely not one to try again - maybe gouache? or acrylic?Then I used coloured pencils to reinforce colours, letting some of the watercolour that 'stuck' show through.
A mix of Polychromos, Lyra, Derwent and some cheap unnamed supermarket coloured pencils were used, reinforced with graphite pencil.
This is a view I'd like to do in oils some time, working plein air. It was done from a photograph taken when I sketched there last year. There's a wonderful view from the moor, known as The Common, of the harbour with its islands and twisting creeks, reed beds and salt marsh . Norfolk is generally fairly flat so it's lovely to be able to get a high viewpoint from rolling hills - North Norfolk is really a very nice area.
I'm disappointed that the moleskine doesn't like watercolour as I use it a lot in mixed media sketches - but it's so nice to use with drawing media that I'll buy another when this is full. I'd like to see them made double the size though.
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I don't hear good reports of it though. Also they are very small books and generally I prefer larger sketchbooks so I doubt if I'll bother with the watercolour one. Hve you used one?
Love the light airy feeling in your sketch
Dave I have loads of sketchbooks on the go! I like various sizes and types of paper for different things - some women have a shoe 'thing' - I collect art sketch books I think!
And I'm with you - sketchbooks are much better than shoes anyday!
I have an old set of Pelikan pans that belonged to my daughter - I think they are gouache, too chalky to be watercolour - they work a treat in my Moleskine.
I'll bring the sketchbook on Saturday Katherine. There's not much in it yet though. Work has been a bit hectic :(