Hanging Out

Here is a super quick painting I made recently, it was really just a quick sketch from a couple of doodles done in a note book. the funny character on the right is kind of hanging out, I thought he was chewing little bits off the moon, then tossing them over to his friend on the beach. The painting actually had no title on it, usually I write the title along the right side or bottom using watercolour.

To create the texture in the background I used a dry brush technique. To do this, make sure the paper is dry, and then load your brush with paint that is fairly concentrated (not watery!), then drag the brush lightly across the surface. This works best with cold press paper because it is bumpy, if you use hot press (or beginners paper) than this technique will be hard. I think the texture helped keep the background interesting.

7.5 x 11cold press March 2013