^ Experimenting with oil pastel on gessoed paper, brushed and wiped with Turpenoid to blur hard edges and get a watercolour-like effect.

^ Scribed lines and swirls into the surface, not really knowing what will take shape.

^ Let’s see what turquoise acrylic ink will do, drawing with the cap’s plunger directly onto paper surface.

^ Very juicy ink. I’m forced to let it dry, but patted it in some areas to speed up the process and vary the colour saturation.

^ See?

^ The final result again.