Sunday, June 25, 2017

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

7x5 watercolor over ink line using Micron 01 pen on old discarded novel page paper.  The ink sketch was done first about a week and a half ago, then color was added later.  I did use white gouache on its breast under the red area.
Image COPYRIGHT 2017 Kay Smith.

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2 comments:

Debbie Nolan said...

What a wonderful way to capture this lovely bird. Your mixed media just sings Kay. Thanks for sharing. Have a super day.

June 26, 2017 at 12:16 PM
Kay Smith said...

Thanks so much, Debbie!

June 26, 2017 at 8:26 PM

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