ACEO No. 40, "Saint Michael No. 8" - finished this ACEO recently.  I sometimes have drawings come out a certain way on their own.  I had decided to make his hair brown for this image, but he seems to have a darker tone overall, even though I use consistent ink colors. This was completed on Crescent hot press illustration board.

I have started another one.  This will be on Winsor and Newton hot press 140 lb. watercolor paper.  The absorbancy rate of the watercolor paper is higher than illustration board, so the drawing may come out darker still, as more ink will be absorbed into the paper.

I am currently working on two drawings in pen and ink.  The first is a Saint Michael ACEO :

In the photo above, you will see an error I don't usually make.  On the right side, in the blue/green area, there is a small area where I started to add a light green.  This area will end up fairly dark, so it may not show when I am finished, but just a simple thing as starting without checking you have the right pen can ruin a drawing.  I had several of the same size pens in front of me, and just started with the wrong one.

The other drawing I am working on is "#998 Sinningia ' Bright Eyes' ".  This drawing is also an ACEO-sized drawing, on Aquabee Super Deluxe Sketch Paper.  There are several things to point out in this drawing.  First, for my professional-level drawings, I fully draw the subject using a 2H or harder pencil, keeping the lines very light.  In this drawing, I used a 2B pencil, changed things, added things, and erasure marks will probably show up on this paper after I am finished.  I use a white vinyl eraser because it is the cleanest at removal of pencil lines.

The next thing to point out - I had planned on using FW Yellow Ochre as my base yellow.  I usually rely on FW Process yellow for my first layers, but this plant has a warm undertone to it, so I used a warmer yellow.  On the left leaves there are three layers: the first is yellow ochre, the second is light green, and the third is process yellow.  I really feel that process yellow, a bright color, also ties a drawing together on the same plane.  On the right side of the left leaf, there are the two yellows, and I will be adding greens after I fill in all of the areas with process yellow.