Yard Work

I started my day by cleaning the gutters on the house. It's not something I look forward to, reaching into a bunch of muddy pine needles, leaves and who knows what else. But, it must be done and it comes with the whole home owner business. After lunch and a nice bicycle ride I finally had a chance to sit down and play a little with some new art supplies.

I am still on my quest to "loosen up" and drew this figure off the top of my head with a ink dropper, sepia ink to be exact.
Yard work must have still been on my mind as you can tell by the subject matter.
The color was done with a mix of watercolor and gouache. I tried to us my dip pen to add some detail but it was being temperamental and I finally gave up on it.

I'm fairly pleased with this piece and would like to try more in this manner. However, the next time I would like to pick a more interesting setting with more figures. A social gathering of some kind which during these days of social distancing is not easy.
I might just have to work from some photos...sigh!