Sun on The Ridge

I thought yall might want to see the sketch with the final piece for the last "everest" inspired painting that I did. I have to admit that I almost never do preliminary sketches, and usually when it happens, it wasn't really intended that way. The same is true here. I started the sketch, ended up liking it, and then came up with the poured ink idea instead of a more flat black. So while it can be seen as a sketch for the final piece, in all honesty it was more of an inspiration than a planned process. If the sketch had turned out bad, I probably would not have thought to make the final...good thing it was decent!