The Busker

I saw this busker playing Piano Accordion while travelling around the South of France a few years ago. Unfortunately I didn't have much time to stop and sketch, so I snapped a couple of photos, tipped the gentleman and continued on my way. I remember how the area had a really warm, rustic look and feel about it which was something that I wanted to try and capture in this piece that I have recently completed. I thought that I would experiment a little with pen work over the top of watercolour because I wanted some warm loose tones to come through the crisp linework. The artwork is on a medium texture, cream coloured, archival quality watercolour paper.