Stylized Study of Hummingbirds

In line with the paintings I’ve done so far, this is the last traditional media print (finally!) in the series of prints I’m to create for an art collaboration between my friends and I! What’s left is to work on the digitization of the hand painted illustrations! For this painting, I had forgotten about the mini sketches and plans I had made on what prints to create. But I guess the first hummingbird I painted set me thinking that I’d already had it in mind to paint more birds. The idea for this print was to be more free flowing, colorful and fun!

It pretty much worked out but prior to that, when testing the colors to use, I wasn’t too pleased. I realized the Van Gogh water color set wasn’t just setting right, so I ditched it for my Windsor and Newton set. The colors seemed to muddy up, rather than blend smoothly into one another. I’m hoping to try the Van Gogh again, just to see if the issue lies with me or the paint.

I’ve also included a little visualization of how the painting put into a repeat is supposed to look, hopefully you’ll stick around to see the end process of all the prints! I’m so glad it’s coming together!

First I started by making a sketch of the bird. When that was done, I painted in my first wash layer ( a light coat of color), and waited for it to dry.