To Colour or Not to Colour

When I have done the initial drawing for a painting, I am often tempted to just leave it at that. Indeed, my family always urge me to leave the line work to stand as an artwork in its own right. The predicament has been made worse with the gift of a Fude nib fountain pen which is designed especially for calligraphy and sketching and creates really interesting lines. So here's a selection of before and after paint artworks.