Experiment with color inversion

Here's a view of the same Dungeness crab painting, but with opposite values.

Small sumi (ink) paintings

These paintings are seven inches square. The two crab ones show the two different sumi painting styles, one done with shapes and the other one in lines. I like to do these small studies before attempting a large piece. My years of teaching taught me the importance of doing a warm-up before seriously painting. I hope you like them...