Been doodling a lot of watery themes lately. I think I need to create an underwater painting. That'll give me a chance to play with some deep blue & purple watercolor. Have any of you done ocean or water paintings? Highlights with yellow & gold maybe? All of these are pencil with inkpen over the top. (Pencil just doesn't photograph very well.) I use a cartridge fountain pen. I think this one is a 'broad' nib. This is one of my favorite drawing pens. It holds waterproof ink, so I can watercolor over the top if I want. I'll have to get a photo of the ink so you can see the brand in case you're interested. It's always good to be able to find reliable tools and supplies. If you've got a favorite ink, pen, pencil, whatever, let us all know in the comments!

Happy little wriggler. The siphon is probably not right. I don't even know if I've gotten 8 legs in there. Maybe I'll turn him into a Kraken with 10 legs. Lots of wriggle for sure!

Seaweed. There are a few fishes in pencil, but they're hard to see in the photo.

I just like this little guy. He reminds me of Gomez Addams with his moustache.

A few things to try in my next sketches & watercolors.

Tone the page before you start sketching. From artist's blog:
http://teresenielsen.typepad.com/the_world_of_terese_niels/2012/06/blank-slate-confidants.html

Watercolor plus pen and ink. From Pinterest

Start with wash and draw over the top.
https://creativecolor.wordpress.com/tag/elements-of-art/

Monday, March 2, 2015.
I survived to greet another morning. No bombs, no gunfire, no bloody corpses in the streets. Amazing that’s all the news seems to talk about. Do people really obsess over stuff like that? 
Did some sketching over the weekend. I've decided to try an underwater painting. Fiddling around with octopus sketches. Ya gotta love those cephalopods!
First sketch didn't go so well. I don't like the layout. I'm erasing and will start again tonight.

Just putting this here for future reference:

http://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck#ypT7aO:W5ku

Very funny - full of swearing.