Sketchbook planning: touch

Doing brush pen practice -- the tools are new to me.

Cymbidium!
What about other Central Asian & northern subcontinent flowers?
Azaleas & rhododendron, for sure.  What else?
The Wikipedia article on the Geography of Afghanistan is a good place to start.

Turkumen jewelry, from the Met Museum.

Sketched a head directly in brush pen -- strokes too loose, will need to rough-in in pencil first... & slow down.  But I like the fluid feel of both brush & pen, and the blending's OK.

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(What's this about?  It's The Sketchbook Project (2012 edition) from Art House Co-op.)