tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post6453926243053116229..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: back to the drawing boardDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-22145247886725602952008-07-25T06:00:00.000+01:002008-07-25T06:00:00.000+01:00Thanks, Anji. I use Canson 250g/m2 illustration pa...Thanks, Anji. I use Canson 250g/m2 illustration paper, though if I want to get heavier colour I use Daler Rowney Langton extra smooth watercolour paper, otherwise the colour pools on the surface. <BR/>I outline in Indian ink with a dip pen, or if I'm lazy I use a Rotring, which gives a more consistent line (which can be either good or bad). And colouring is with Cotman watercolour, or if I want a block of bright colour I use inks. (Using good watercolours is essential; I tried some cheap ones from LIDL last month, and it made a horrid mess.) And then I draw on the fine stuff with coloured ink and dip pen. And sometimes add texture with soft pencil.<BR/><BR/>It doesn't lurk so much as leer, Mandy. There was one looking over a hedge near Llangybi a few weeks ago, radiating what-you-looking-at-ness. But we didn't stop.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-28308469520213683512008-07-24T20:50:00.000+01:002008-07-24T20:50:00.000+01:00If you do a hogweed pic, I'll know what I'm lookin...If you do a hogweed pic, I'll know what I'm looking for. If I go anywhere it might be lurking. :-)Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662845759557019636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-58643026662640296642008-07-24T10:51:00.000+01:002008-07-24T10:51:00.000+01:00Dom would like to know what you paint with, we bot...Dom would like to know what you paint with, we both love the colours you use.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-5676663089673021452008-07-24T06:57:00.000+01:002008-07-24T06:57:00.000+01:00That was a heck of a business trip, Anji. Not char...That was a heck of a business trip, Anji. Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, but on the view-filled wings of Postcards... (sorry)<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Jo!Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-29996490000396631042008-07-23T22:58:00.000+01:002008-07-23T22:58:00.000+01:00Beautiful illustration DruBeautiful illustration DruJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17356965133404249244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-33649281164115953042008-07-21T20:00:00.000+01:002008-07-21T20:00:00.000+01:00Not only illustrations but smells as well...The jo...Not only illustrations but smells as well...<BR/><BR/>The joy of being self employed. This afternoon I was on Mont Blanc watching a steam train, then I popped to Amalfi and looked at the view from the terrace of a hotel and to finish admired Newfoundland Cathedral.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.com