#2 Bird Watercolor Painting

Inspiration- Google.com images/ watercolor birds 

I really enjoy painting in the medium of watercolor & wanted to get back to that with painting little nature-inspired scenes. 

Process

For this project, I decided to retry my skills at painting birds, similar to that of my first bird painting. I really enjoyed working with watercolor pencils, so I went with a light color to lay down the details and figures (branch and the little bird). I then chose interesting colors and shades that I believe complement each other (lime greens, grays, raspberry, browns, and peach). After layering the colored pencils, I then added water to each part I colored. I tried keeping certain areas of the branch light and other places dark to help display the light source. After spending lots of time getting the shades even with adding water, I then used a black ink pen to draw the eye of the bird.

 

Judgment

I really am satisfied wit the choice of colors I went with for the branch and the bird especially. I think that for another project like this, I would try to blow up the size of the bird, or give a different, more unusual perspective.

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