Some rough colour reference guides for my picture book; The Cleaning Station. These will be used as a reference when watercolour painting.
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Shark watercolour sketch
A Shark sketch with a bit of watercolour.
Another character to appear in my picture book; The Cleaning Station.
Not sure what type of shark. Looks slightly angry anyway.
Various fish sketches
A few fish sketches, drawn in my Moleskine sketchbook.
A bit of prep. work for my picture book; The Cleaning Station.
Puffer Fish watercolour sketch
A quick Puffer Fish watercolour sketch. Another character to appear in my picture book; The Cleaning Station.
Loggerhead sea turtle sketch
A Loggerhead sea turtle sketch created using coloured pencil and watercolour.
A sea creature to feature in my picture book; The Cleaning Station.
I think he needs a thorough clean…
Moorish idol fish illustration
A Moorish idol fish (Zanclus cornutus) illustration from my moleskine sketchbook. Drawn in pencil, with added watercolour.
A fish that may feature in my picture book; The Cleaning Station.
Watercolour sketches of fish for a picture book project…
Two watercolour character sketches for a picture book project I’m working on called ‘The Cleaning Station‘.
First a tiny character called a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse fish (bit of a mouthful, maybe literally?). Living somewhere nice and warm, maybe a coral reef in the Pacific. Rather than a goldfish bowl…Drawn in pencil, painted in watercolour, with added coloured pencil for detail. Just a sketchbook sketch.
Second a very large fish called a Potato Cod, or Grouper. These can grow rather large. I think it’s called a Potato Cod because it possibly resembles a potato, rather than being a potato eater. As we’ll see it rather likes the taste of other fish.
Here he is. A rather ugly sort. Again drawn in pencil, painted in watercolour with added colour pencil for detail.
I think I still need to work on the colours and design. Will post more sketches of these two soon…