experimenting with monoprinting, watersoluble pastels, fibre tip pens & ink

Was sitting around twiddling my thumbs last night, when I suddenly had this urgent need to try out some new art materials I bought recently.  And here's the result........ 

"Fancy Dress"
mixed media on paper

This was done using Caran d'ache water soluble wax pastels, Staedtler fibre tip pens, and ink. First I did a mono print by creating the drawing with water soluble pastels on a plate, then printing it on to dampened paper.  Used the trusty rolling pin for the printing as I don't have a printing press lying around the house!  This gave me a fairly good image, which I sketched around with an ink pen, then went over again with the pastels here and there to add a bit more colour.  I used the fibre tip pens to add some of the detail and a little bit of shading, and lastly I used a paintbrush dipped in water to "wash" the pastel background.

I had fun using these pens and pastels, and I really like the colours and textures that can be created with them.  Have lots of ideas popping in to my head about what else I could try creating with them, so here's hoping you'll see some more here soon!