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Hi all!

Day 6 of sketching!

It’s a little chilly out today, definitely a little wet, but a desire to keep the momentum persisted.

So! I made it to white sand beach, after riding around the parkway, taking a brief trip into St. Paul, back over the Franklin bridge, and finally settling on the unmarked but promising looking stairs going down towards the river.

Not too populous out today — so the sketch remains with me. Still trying to figure out prints for those interested, too :)

Thanks for looking!

I don't draw often!

I know the proportions are off and I ran out of time to do the water. I was struggling to create textures :/ ... Any advice?

what better day to post this taco than on a tuesday? watercolors and micron pen

Very different price points but my perfect personal pairing. (Alliteration is intentional)

Pilot Vanishing Point with 18k Fine Nib
Pilot Kaküno Fine Nib w/Con-70 Converter
Pilot Black Ink

Man, I'm honestly afraid to start inking this.

I intend to do contoured cross-hatching. The bottom-right half I is to be predominantly dark with deep shadow, and the top-left predominantly light, as if it were a volume of mist illuminated by the setting sun in the valley to the right.

I'm doing test drawings. The second image is pretty close to how I think I'll do the inversion clouds below the cliff edge.

What do you recommend for the first marks? Should I:

A. Start with contour shading?

B. Start with general directional mid-tone hatching?

C. Start with the darkest darks?

D. Outlining?

E. Something else?

I'd like to ensure I create tonal edges, so I'm hesitant to start with outlines, even though that's the most comfortable. What would you do?

How do you like to start inking a drawing?

Pen and ink, marker and ball point doodles