Jason Nicholas splashes acrylic inks and watercolor onto paper, inspired by autumn foliage, then waits for it to dry so he can sketch over it with Sharpie. A quick look at his layered, unstructured approach to building colorful backgrounds.
Hey, happy Saturday, October 18th. 2025. I am on, um, yeah, I'm kind of very randomly this afternoon, and I just want to throw down some colors on paper. That's my intention, and let's see what happens. I was outside for a nice fall walk, and the leaves are looking amazing. So yeah, just kind of inspired by the colors. So, um, I have some kind of really bright inks here. I almost spilled one. So let's, uh, let's just throw down some colors and have fun. So this is just acrylic ink I'm throwing down on here. Um, I hope it dries fairly fast so I can definitely take my Sharpie and come back and add some stuff on top of it. So I'm just really throwing down like background colors that I'll be working on top of. So we'll mix in some watercolor, some inks, and honestly, I'm just randomly throwing down colors, no particular order. Yeah, so, um, I kind of like it. I think this is just— will be a fun background. I'm not sure what I'll sketch on top. Um, definitely you will need to dry. I definitely— I love the kind of the vibrant colors that are happening here. I think that's all I'm gonna do for now. I'll come back later. Um, after it dries, we'll add— we'll sketch on top of it. All right, thanks for watching. See you soon.
