Daily Doodle - Purple prickly pear cactus

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Greetings, Steemians(:

Today's doodle - Opuntia macrocentra, or purple prickly pear.

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The finished piece (:

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01 - I used my Fineline Resist masking fluid to preserve the white of my paper

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02 - Initial washes of color.

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03 - Sketching in the buds

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04 - A pop of complementary color in the buds and fineliner to finish.

Sketched on a 6" x 6" piece of Canson watercolor paper. Painted with Mijello Mission Gold Watercolor. After allowing the paint to dry completely, I added detail with a Copic Multiliner 0.05mm

Until next time, friends.

Other daily doodles:

Mmm...donuts
Simple Peonies
Cacti and Succulent Doodles
Mexican Gold Poppies

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