running errands

Today we ran errands in Tomball — While Bill picked up building supplies at Lowe’s, I stayed in the truck, sketching what was in front of me with a Noodler’s Creeper pen. Not enough time to add color so I did that later at home. The best way to capture the very white blossoms of the crepe myrtle was to use a white Dermatograph pencil (Mitsubishi 7600) first, then paint the greens over that.

I purposely used wet washes just to push this light grey paper to its limit. The sky wash was too much space to go down smoothly (yes, the sky was that clear and brilliant a blue!) but it’s just a sketch, not a finished bit to frame.