Showing posts with label bird in mixed media. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Peafowl

9.5x7 mixed media on Ecosystem sketchbook done today. I sketched him using a STA Lictin 0.1 pen liner then added Brusho watercolor crystals for the bird. Lastly I used pale blue Montana acrylic marker for the background color in this vignette. COPYRIGHT 2020 Kay Smith
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Friday, July 28, 2017

Yellow Crown Night Heron

4.25x6 acrylics and black India ink over failed work (see below). I pencil sketched the heron's head within minutes, then started with India ink doing only the black parts. Then I switched to acrylics to finish him within an hour for the WetCanvas weekend drawing event challenge.  Participants have only 2 hours to select an image and paint it; part of host Susan's challenge was to do a postcard size then mail it.  Now to see who might want this...

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Quail in Cactus Patch

22x30 watercolor using Daniel Smith paints done week before last, on Daler Rowney Langston Prestige paper 140 lb CP. This was a commission ...

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  • Santa Star
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