Tuesday, June 30, 2009

'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside...' work in progress


This is the final pen sketch that I place under my watercolour paper for tracng through on a lightbox. The 300gsm paper is very thick, so the 'pencil' needs beefing up in ink in order to see properly. Appropriately the seagulls were crying out as I painted this one last night (I live by the sea), adding an authentic atmosphere!
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Illustration for upcoming 'Lake District Map'

Hand-drawn in brush pen with digital colour.  © Peter Gander

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