{"id":21660,"date":"2017-02-07T05:35:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T10:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=21660"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:24:22","slug":"return-of-the-atomic-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/02\/07\/return-of-the-atomic-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of the Atomic Warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) I was playing with a water soluble Derwent Dark Wash<\/em> pencil which I bought a while back and never did much with and paired it with an Aquash Water Brush<\/em><\/a> which is a water color brush filled with water. I started doodling and the Atomic Warrior<\/em> <\/a>started to appear.<\/p>\n

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I’m going to play with these water soluble pencils a bit more and maybe buy a few different sized Aquash water brushes. I think I may dig out my water color pencils while I’m at it.<\/p>\n

A couple days after my initial doodle, I brought my Dark Wash pencil and Aquash<\/em> brush with me to the YMCA and the Atomic Warrior<\/em> returned yet again!<\/p>\n

\"\"What can I say? He’s fun to draw, and it’s fun playing with these water soluble pencils.<\/p>\n

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I guess you just can’t keep a good, post-apocalyptic, specter of death down. The next day I drew another Atomic Warrior <\/em>head at the YMCA. This time I was using an old lead holder with some fabulous 2mm leads I purchased from Jet Pens. I worked in detail with a mechanical pencil holding 0.9mm red leads which I picked up a while back at a local art supply store. That lead in that particular size seems to be getting hard to find. Maybe I’m the only one who uses them.<\/p>\n

Anyway, these doodle experiments will continue. I have my eye on some art supplies I didn’t know existed. Inktense<\/em> pencils look very interesting, for instance. Once I get a handle on these tools, I will proceed with something more substantial. Hopefully it will be as loose and as fun as these sketches.I never want to return to the notion that I may mess up a nice drawing with sloppy media.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An old friend returned for a visit via the pages of a cheap sketchbook (which I will review once I finish it off.) 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