I’ve been feeling creative of late, and have getting the urge to use other media besides my usual trusty old biro.
This illustration of Howard, the pufferfish from Odd-Fish was created using chalk pastel, not a medium I particularly like using but one which gives nice results without lots of tedious mucking about with pots of water, tubes of paint and waiting for things to dry.
One the downside, pastels are very messy, the dust from them gets everywhere (my Missus is not going to be happy when she spots the green smudges on the tablecloth) and the finished artwork is at constant danger of getting smudged. Even pastel fixative doesn’t really stop it totally. It’s frankly a pain in the arse.