Monday, July 16, 2012

Female House Sparrow



Female House Sparrow

Watercolor, 2012
8" x 8"

Another weekend at the cabin, another bird, this one a female house sparrow. I used another paper called Fluid, 140 pound, cold press. Its softer than Arches and the grain is a little finer.  I have used this block only once before on another bird, I like it!

I used my Windsor & Newton watercolor pan, ultramarine blue, burnt umber, burnt sienna, raw sienna, and a little ivory black for the eye. I messed up the reflection on the eye so I used a little blotch of white gouache to recover.


This bird will be matted and framed and hung at The Belle, Jenny MacLeod's shop near our house.

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