Sharpies on New Substrate

Today's exploration was using Sharpies (white, pink and turquoise Posca pens and a gold Sakura PenTouch marker) on Fabriano 'Artistico' watercolor paper (140 lb. hot-pressed). Because the paper is hot-pressed, it is smooth (cold-pressed has dimpling). I really like this paper!! It was so easy to work with and the Sharpies went on nicely--except for those with worn nibs or running out of color.

I sketched the piece with my new Monoline Studio permanent pens. The pens are really nice to work with. I had my reference photo upside-down so I was drawing the image upside down too, and I sketched with my non-dominant hand. I actually think the sketch is more true to the reference photo than the last 10 I've done so far. I'm quite impressed and taken with that fact!

As for the piece, I really like it! I also like the patterns added and the echo lines done with the Sharpies around the border. There was only a bit of blending on the back of the paper -- probably something that can't be prevented, and I'm ok with it considering how well the paper performed.

The next experiment will be watercolor and then acrylics on this Fabriano paper.

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Cay Denise

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