halloween post!

..gearing up anyways...this is based on a drawing i did some time ago at a costume workshop.

October challenge

Instigated by my wife, we have resolved to do a drawing or painting per day for the month of October, much like the popular "Inktober" drawing challenge one sees around the interwebs.  My other self-imposed condition will be that everything must be from life, and painting is preferrable over drawing.  And yes, yes, here we are, 6th day of the month, and here are only five (I started a day late):

Yupo!

I tried out Yupo paper the other day for the first time.  It is a super glossy paper that seems not to absorb water at all, adding even more unpredictability to watercolors (or gouache - gouache seems to hold a bit better), but with some interesting and unexpected results.  These aren't great, but I find them interesting:

2 minute gesture

20 minute pose

I was particularly surprised that my 20 minute poses were not a complete mess.  Because it takes so long to dry, you can keep pushing colors around.  Kind of intimidating, but interesting stuff.  Now that I have a pad of it, I may as well use it up!