In line with yesterday’s post, for another print, I thought of the idea of birds around a forest. So the first bird I painted was a cattle egret! I did a post about some pictures I was able to take of the birds some time ago ( link to the post at the bottom of this post). I used a few of the pictures as a reference, and I really love the outcome.
The reference for the bird in yellow, it was created using ink and watercolor :
First, I started with a sketch of my bird
Then I got painting. I made use of the Windsor and Newton watercolor set. Weeks back, I did some practice sketches and studies of the bird. It honestly made painting the bird easier and I made less mistakes because I knew the exact colors I needed to mix, to get a certain color.
Close up on the final result!
To the left is the practice sketch I spoke about above.
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Link to the post I spoke about: @artby.dara/close-ups-on-a-red-button-ginger
