Watercolor and Ink Iguana

A lot of my artistic friends took part in Inktober, where they drew something with ink every day during the month of October. Here's my take on Inktober: a watercolor painting enhanced with ink! I'm painting/drawing an iguana that's been lit with a pink lamp.

I painted the iguana with watercolors first, and then, when the paint was dry, I added lots of ink details. Watercolor paper is absorbent, and I found that the ink dried much more quickly than it does when I write with gel pens on regular paper.

The gel pens I'm using are very good, but they're not necessarily archival quality, so if you want your project to last hundreds of years, do some research to find pens that are more permanent than what I've got. (Sakura makes a great one.) But, if you're just playing around like I am, or if you're working in a sketchbook that will not be exposed to sunlight, this project should last for an adequate amount of time. :)

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Colors used: cadmium yellow medium, cadmium yellow light, cadmium red light, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, yellow green, turquoise, cyan, sepia, hooker's green, burnt sienna, and dioxazine mauve, all by Old Holland. Opera by Holbein.

Paper: 9"x12" 140 lb. watercolor paper by Strathmore series 400 (it's on a block and is attached all the way around with adhesive, so no need for tape).

Masking fluid: Incredible White Mask Liquid Frisket.

Brushes: #8 round by Escoda, #1 round by Utrecht 6150-R

Preliminary drawing: 4H drawing pencil by Pedigree.

Palette: Eldajon from Jerry's Artarama

Nail polish: none! I'm giving them a break. :)

Music: "Groove Grove" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Music: "Night Gambling" by Mike B. Fort (freemusicarchive.org)
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Reference photo: “Large Lizard” by Beatrice Murch is licensed under CC BY 2.0