New Sketchbook

Bought a new "edition" of the Italian watercolour sketchbook which I like so much. Started getting filled immediately. Actually, the sketch at the bottom, at Montreal Place des Arts was the first thing in the book. But I wanted to highlight Rick Gagnon's vivid interpretations of my pencil drawings, above, and below.

The guy up top is "Tony," a beloved busboy guy at the Cock N' Bull bar. Below, another player. I dig the blocky brush treatment, and was urging Rick to be more splashy and messy, which he did very well.



Lighting conditions in the bar aren't the best, especially for something like watercolour. So Rick's like "which one's the purple?" and I had to point out the right dark dried mass of paint in the paintbox.

Of course, like me, he's a devotee of the "happy accident" and dirty mixed colour school of watercolours. I'm a little more timid, but am trying for the more saturated colours. Not that I'm unhappy with what I'm doing, by any means. Just enjoy the learning experience, and absorbing of new influence that comes with collaboration.