Painting a Picture

Here is the typical process I go through when making a painting: I pencil sketch a bunch of ideas down in a sketchbook. If I like an ideal, I will (more or less) copy it to a piece of watercolor paper and cover the lines with brown or black ink. Then I erase the picture, leaving only the pen lines and a clean outline of the image. Then I will cover the people and snowflakes with removable masking fluid, and paint a background wash, burnt umber and french ultramarine in this case. Lastly, I remove the masking fluid, re-ink the areas that have been washed out by the masking fluid, and paint the figures.