Pen Drawing Colored

I took the pen drawing and applied the color mostly by brush in photoshop. In the spirit of keeping things "loose" I avoided using the gradient tool that I had become so reliant on. It still looks very...careful? Purposeful? I don't know really what to call my style. Smooth? But it is leaning ever so slightly toward "loose."

Pen Drawing

This is a sketch for winter, done entirely in pen. Drawing in pen can be frustrating, but when you can't find your pencil...
The great thing about pen drawing is how you can see each step in the drawing, because there's no erasing. In the past, I saw this as a bad thing, making a drawing look unfinished, unpolished, but now I love it. Often I think my finished drawings and paintings are too polished and I've been working on letting go a bit, and allowing the construction to shine through.