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RE: Riverside - Original oil study on paper
It does have a "script" feels to it. And I never really sign things... :-) Anyhow, try oils. They are a beast to be controlled, but they bring lots of rewards (that sounded like a ill translated chinese fortune)
Haha, that made me laugh.
I dunno, the only beast I really like to attempt to control is watercolor. Otherwise, I like colored pencil best for color. I also really enjoy just drawing straight in pen.
I am not a huge fan of "messy" mediums. I constantly was cursing at charcoal and pastel when I had to use them for college...
I suppose we all can agree pen is king. I share your disdain of charcoal and pastel messiness, but only because they smudge forever. I love messiness as long it gets set once set. I respect watercolor but I just love being able to add light values back into a drawing :-)
That's when multimedia comes into play! I love to use colored pencil (especially the soft delicious prismacolor pencils!) on top of watercolor. Then you can add white or whatever lighter value on top. Also, the best is to add some white gel pen, that works real well too.