Painting Process

I'm working on a (belated) birthday watercolor painting for my grandma. Here's a little bit of process:

The inked drawing on 300 lb watercolor paper. I use a nib to ink–it's definitely my favorite inking tool.


A quick, loose underpainting, to figure out value. My watercolor paintings don't have heavy tonal contrast, but it's still nice to try.


Blocking in some local color.

I'll post more process as I continue working on it!