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Some more practice with watercolors. A sweetmaker’s shop, a nighttime shot of Badshahi Masjid, both in the city of Lahore and and a view of the mountains also in Pakistan.

Just getting back into watercolors. I painted the same image of the old part of Lahore in a few different ways. For the first one, I sketched out the scene in pencil then painted (building layer upon layer) and added some black marker at the end. For the rest I did no drawing, just straight painting. I felt like I had enough of a feel for it after doing the first one that I didn’t need to draw it in with pencil. For the second image I just laid down some light washes and built up value a little, then went in with marker for details. For the third and fourth versions I just painted one cool and warm and the other monochromatic. I want to work on landscapes and city scenes for a bit…take a breather from drawing my poor co-workers…

Mostly been lighting shots for a short film lately. I did manage to squeeze in this sketch..scanned in stages from pencil, ink to marker. It’s based off a photo from the BBC news site.

This is what you get when you’re home sick watching daytime tv…

Gettin’ over the flu…nice to draw again…

Just practicing bodies a bit…much to improve.

Went to a concert up in San Francisco in support of the earthquake relief effort in Pakistan and India. It was organized by Project Ahimsa. Did some quick sketches to try and capture some of what I saw..and then I got busy with joining in the fun!

Picked up a few more colors and a blending marker.