Sometimes I would sketch and love the black and white version so much that I didn’t want to add any colour, out of fear of messing up the overall drawing. Having done this a number of times however, I learned not to add in the depth of shading required in these b/w drawings because I knew that later I would give in and paint them.

I think I became attached to the drawings, in part because it took so long to draw them. Unlike the 5-minute sketches, both of these drawings were done over the course of an hour to two (so many roofs and windows!!). Tools: my usual .005 pigment liner and W&N artist watercolour.

Pigna, Italy

Pigna, Italy – watercolour

And this one:

Menton, France

Menton, France
– watercolour