Witch with accordion

It is Halloween’s Eve and I still have one more card I want to make!  This one will be for someone who plays the accordion, so I’m thinking of a witch with an accordion.  On Strathmore’s 140 lb cold pressed watercolour paper, I draw it first using just a mechanical pencil:

Okay, now I’ll ink it up with a 005 Micron pen, because they are waterproof.  Then I’ll erase the pencil marks.  …Well, my husband just came home and started in with the suggestions “hey, you should draw a pumpkin here, like this” etc.  Then he reached for a piece of scrap paper, and I said, “no, just draw it right on there with pencil.”  So he did – he drew the pumpkins.  Then I added the sentiment and the crooked notes.

I ink up everything and add some swirlies to the accordion.  Then with a 01 Micron pen, I added some thickness to some of the lines, mainly the underside of the objects…

Now I’ll watercolour it with Winsor & Newton Cotman (student grade) watercolours.  Voilà!

I masked the polka dots with Winsor & Newton’s permanent masking fluid first.  I used a fine-point calligraphy nib, not a brush, with the masking fluid.  For dots and other small details, this is easier.  I also masked the fingers on the button side of the accordion.  That way I could over-paint the accordion without worrying about getting the hot pink on the fingers.  Near the end, I was falling asleep.  Can you tell which spots I was drowsy on?  If you can’t, then I won’t tell *grin*.  It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay past my bedtime!  Good night!