Two sketches from this week, showing two ways of using watercolour pencils. 

This sketch of a motorbike was done in five minutes, well actually six.

I arrived at the Post Office five minutes before it opened, so I knew that I had five minutes to sketch, There were places to sit and I very quickly decided to draw the motorbike, instead of the small queue of people waiting, or the crane across the road.  I took out the two pencils I would need  – black and  red. I put down some very quick marks down with the black to get all the shapes in place, the started with the left-wing mirror. (I think) I worked left to right and down the page, I stayed just one minute after the Post Office opened to add some final hard lines – the tyres, the front lights and windshield. I decided not to add any water.

Faber Castell colours used: 

• Schwarz Black
• Scarlet Red

My dinner was an egg on toast. It looked do delicious and I obviously wasn’t that hungry as I drew it before starting to eat. About two third was done from real life and the final details from my head. These included the detail on the toast and adding extra depth of colour to some parts of the egg yolk. You can get a lot of depth and colour from watercolour pencils by building up layers. It requires a little patience to allow the paper to dry before adding the next colour. 

Faber Castell Colours used

• Light Orange
• Light Chrome Yellow
• Light Yellow Ochre
• Cool Grey IV
• Payne’s Grey
• Walnut Brown
• Burnt Umber
• Brown Ochre
• Burnt Ochre

Happy sketching !