Lincoln

Fruit Crate Label, pencil crayon

Boss

Fruit Crate Label, pencil crayons

More Fruit Crate Labels

The fruit crate labels, from a book published by Dover, are a great way to practice my hand-eye coordination. 

Sunflower

Fruit-Crate Label, Direct to Gouache

Golden Girl

Pencil Crayon

Old-Time Fruit Crate Label

Artist Loft paints

Tom Cat

You might recognize this cat.  I made the stamp artist trading card size.

I have been wanting to try Speedy Carve for a long time, but our local art supply stores don't carry it.  (I have been using Safety Kut).   I never thought to try Michaels, but I found some there a few weeks ago.  I like it a lot; it is a little softer and easier to cut than Safety Kut.

#30x30DirectWatercolor2019

Although I didn't plan to, I appear to be participating in Marc Taro Holmes challenge to do a "direct to watercolor" painting each day in June.

I'm interpreting "direct" as no pen or pencil sketch done first.

I added the pen on this third one after, mostly because I wasn't happy with the brush drawing.