Current Status of the Jury-rigged Watercolor Blocks

It looks okay-ish at first aaaaaand theeeeeeeen-

-they're a bit shit upon a closer analysis...

Took a bit of effort to separate the pieces away from each other.

Made a couple booboos with the x-acto knife.

Don't mind the homework and Platinum Preppy Highlighter in the background.

See where I tried, partly in vain, to try and cut away parts of it for easy removal?

I shouldn't have jumped into things all excited, spending a few hours coating the sides of these stacks of paper and pressing down on them while they dried. They're a bit hard to take off, even if you've left a good chunk un-glued and ready for removal from the rest of the block. Imagine what it'd be like to do it with a block that's been coated from all sides. Now add the field conditions that come with urban sketching that aren't there in one's studio, or basement or dirty old room, what have you. RIP.

Guess the next generation are gonna have one side left un-glued. Aw well.

Same palette I talked about before but I made this with a waterbrush than any tradional watercolor brush for painting with this.

Have the sketch I submitted for the Jackson Urban Sketching Competition. As far as I can tell based on the Terms and Conditions I can post the drawing elsewhere without fear of losing my right to participate in the contest. Hopefully...

I drew the underdrawing a few days before I painted over it, both on location and in the space of a couple hours. I may be new to the medium, but I think I may be getting a better handle over painting backgrounds. Some progress, as negligible as it is, is better than none at all!

 

 Also, have a recent watercolor sketch.

 Oh and a map I made for a DnD session for a guy.