O the Wonder that is Short-alls!
“Paean to the Short-all” (India ink and watercolor sketch, 6×9″, A.Shock)
One crabby technical addition: note the bleeding that occurred in the sepia ink lines adjacent to washes in the drawing. This happened after adding the watercolor washes, after an hour of ink-drying time. So, if you’re using Higgins “waterproof” sepia drawing ink, note that it doesn’t appear to be entirely waterproof, despite what it says on the bottle. Perhaps more drying time? Actually, the effect if you were doing an ink wash could be nice — a pleasant sanguine fuzziness — but not so much when you’re looking for a clean line to contain tinted areas. Especially around the lettering…