Sandstone

Carved Limestone
Watercolour and Charcoal on Paper
23.0cm x 15cm (9" x 6")

Elaine is going to make this discarded piece of carved limestone into a lampstand. I painted it in response to the Sandstone section in Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor by Claudia Nice. It may seem off topic, but some of Claudia’s examples look like limestone and I couldn’t find a good sandstone subject.

I drew it with the same charcoal pencil and drawing technique as I used in the Drawing Games exercise (see Drawing and Painting the Landscape – Drawing Games (Part 2)). Natural sponges helped to create the texture - they are becoming indispensable (see Volcanic Rock and Marble).