So, watercolor....I've been fighting the idea of really diving into the world of watercolor for some time now. I've always loved pen and ink and watercolor but I never thought I was really strong at it...SO! I started playing around in my sketchbook, a few days testing colors and seeing how I naturally work with the medium. I've watched a handful of tips and tricks videos on YouTube and I feel like I'm getting more confident with it. I mean watercolor is a unpredictable medium so I can only prep myself so much but I jumped in and to be honest, I am loving it! I kind of knew I would but I never gave myself the time to explore and grow with it. I really wish I had but I am excited to see where all of this goes and what artwork I create!

I've been doing a lot of portraits lately so I thought I'd share some of my sketches, the place I tend to start when coming up with ideas.

This one took much longer than I wanted it to take. The text placement was a bit of a challenge since I didn't really plan out the layout and I didn't even know I wanted text in the design until after doing the focal image. But I am really happy with how this came out and I look forward to the rest of the handful of portraits I plan to do! *Excited*

More portrait work-n-progress. Trying to figure out backgrounds and colors...

I got to create a couple superhero designs today for my project time at work. I went with an "Iron Man" theme...Meet Dan the Man...

Vinyl cover, work in progress.

Working on some portraits. Thought it couldn't hurt to add some to my portfolio.

I've been working on this one for a few days off and on. I think I may change the boy to look at his Granny instead of his current expression. I feel like this could be a sweet moment but the kid's face right now as it is, isn't working for me. Update- I changed it! lol I added it to the scroll, a before and after...

----- Side note:
One of the things I miss about living in New York is public transportation. Yes, it wasn't always the best and YES sometimes people got a little too close for comfort BUT there's nothing like people watching on the train or the bus in NYC. I would take the Q83 almost everyday to the E train and ride that to school. It was about a hour and a half trip and I would see so many different people traveling to some place different and I rarely saw the same person twice.