I drew this with a Pitt fine-liner pen in sepia, except for the label writing in black, which was put in with my Uniball. Then I watercolored.
I was pleased that I still have the eye to draw something without doing it in pencil first, even though the bottle is the tiniest bit tipsy and also a little narrower than the real thing.
I love doing "product" illustration like this and attempting to make the labeling and text look accurate, even if a bit simplified from what is actually there. I also enjoy trying to mimic the effects of glass, liquid, and reflection.
The second is a drawing of Patrick's Roadhouse, a longstanding tradition for people who live along Pacific Coast Highway near Will Rogers State Beach. This only captures part of its sprawl—there's another, smaller building attached that I didn't even try to fit in—but it gives a good idea of the quirkiness of its character, from its bright shamrock-green paint to the cluster of effigies atop its roof.
The drawing isn't wholly accurate, but I think it's recognizably Patrick's.
On this one, I started with a pencil underlay, because I'm not good at proportional stuff without thinking it through. Often, the angles that are supposed to go upward look to me like they are going downward, and it takes a close and sustained study (and sometimes some actual measuring) for me to see the directionality properly. Don't know why that's so, but it is. Anyway, after the pencil, I inked it with my Uniball and painted it in watercolor.
Both were on my Bee Mixed Media sketchbook paper, which is great for these funky kinds of drawings—it's smooth and fine, and holds up well to watercolor at a weight of 93 lbs.
And now, back to portrait-making...
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