Alex Ross, comic book legend, painterly style is
unique in the world of comics. The process combines watercolor and gouache
(opaque watercolor) with pencil and India ink. Ross firstly draws with a pencil
and then uses watercolor as a glaze to put over it. After watercolor layer gets
dry and fixated, it can be repainted without disturbing previous layers.
He
leaves pencil layer in many places remain visible. When watercolor glaze is dry,
Ross finishes work with brush and ink, coloring the blacks.
Steps:
<span>1. </span>Drawing
with pencil
<span>2. </span>Putting
a watercolor as a glaze
<span>3. </span>Fixating
watercolor layer
<span>4. </span>Repainting
(additional)
<span>5. </span>Coloring
the blacks with brush and ink
<span>I would most certainly be patient enough to go to
this whole process to create an artwork. The process itself might be complex; it
might require quite some time and a lot of attention and concentration not to mess
it up, but it is rewarding at the end. The reward isn’t just the content of
finished artwork, but also contentment and pride in mastered new complex technique.</span>
