Freehand oil, I sure have a hard time with the eyes, gotta work on that.

Trying out freehanding instead of tracing or using a carbon copy paper.

I added some frames in the background with skies and clouds to lighten up the atmosphere a bit.

Oil on paper

Oil on cardboard-paper

Oil on paper

I tried using more dull colors because I used colors for the outline instead of black. The result is, curious I'd say. I don't like it that much but of the up side, in my opinion, it somehow got the looks of an old The Far Side comics. What do you think?

Found a really old dip pen with a fully functional nib (!) so I figured I'd try it out when inking my next aquarelle. A bit complicated but I like it! Works super well with both regular ink and aquarelle inks 💖.

Step 2, make the sketch on quality paper.

The starting point, a basic sketch.

Trying "loose" style, don't look too close!

Charcoal sketch on gesso primed simple student paper pad.