Some of my Drawings and Paintings

This is a multi media drawing using Prisma Pencils and markers. Like several of my drawings this began as a demonstration piece for my drawing class. I always like to work right along with my students, so I usually give a short lecture on how-to and then do a demonstration. The kids seem to like that. I never try to teach something to my students that I wouldn't do my self. This piece was just a drawing from my imagination. It almost was like a "doodle" gone wild. lol It is fairly large 24" X 36" unframed. This is a Tiger Fish done in pen and ink and then water colored. The "dots" in the back ground are my finger prints. The fish was drawn in pencil and then masked off, the wet on wet back ground was done and the mask removed, I then drew the details of the fish with pen and ink and water colored the fish using gouache' (opaque) watercolors. I use gouache' a lot. I like the fluidness (is that a word?) of the paint, because it has all of the benefits of watercolor yet it is opaque. I'm not sure that all makes sense but I do love gouache' It is 20" X 26" matted and framed.