Sketchbook

Here are just two recent pages from my sketchbook, a study of a 1890's photograph of a Russian mugshot, and them experimentation with colored pencils, turpentine, and acrylic paint.

Turns out, guys, watercolor pencils are a TOTAL sham. Why would you buy a whole set of normal colored pencils, and then another whole set of water-soluble ones? The wax and oils in normal colored pencils (or at least prismacolors, which I use) enable them to be affected by turpentine. The turpentine (especially when it's thin) dries almost instantaneously, which allos you to go right back in and start drawing again. It's pretty incredible.