Brian's Notebook

 Pen and watercolor on paper, 10 x 15 cm: I haven't done much in watercolor, so it's a medium with which I'm a bit out of my dep...

 Watercolor on paper, 5 x 7 inches: I have been playing around with watercolor, a monstrously difficult medium, but a very attractive one. 

 Bunch of small sketches in pen and watercolor, ACEO (2.5 x 3.5 inches):

I can't always just work for the market; I'd go crazy that way. I'm an artist, not a money making machine. And thus, in between,...

Autumn in the southern hemisphere. I have long loved weathered late-season leaves, and this time of year there is such a glut one doesn'...

I went out into the garden, and sketched whatever caught my eye. Ballpoint pen with watercolor pencil.

Another experiment in Chinese style, following a tutorial I found here . I'm thinking of using it as art project for a bunch of middle s...

I have been rather busy, getting my latest children's book ready for publication. It's the first one with lots of color pictures, so...

A fun little experiment in watercolor on cardboard, 15 x 21 cm:

I have been rather busy drawing illustrations for the latest children's book I'm working on. In between, made time for the Instagram...

Fisherman's cottages, Western Cape. Pen and watercolor, 5 x 7 inches:

Studies of marabous: And a helicopter: Pen and watercolor on printer paper.

Some more random sketches in ballpoint pen and watercolor, on printer paper:

Some sketches in watercolor on printer paper (which works perfectly fine for watercolor sketching, if you don't mind a bit of warping an...

Some quick sketches. I got hold of one of those cheap children's watercolor pan sets, and wanted to take it for a test drive, so I put ...

Scarcely did I decide to shift my artistic operations to DeviantArt, or I have reason for second thoughts. I very much like the layout of ...