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How to paint a Butterfly on a Flower - Free watercolor Demo

First of all I would like to apologize for this being a little backwards :( Wedding in 4 days and not alot of time to fix this. But I hope you can follow along. Pretty happy with the way this has come along time to put in the final details and darks in the wings.. sign it and call it a day. please excuse the photography,the last image is the only one i take the time to try to get as close to real colors as possible. Working on the front wing you will notice that it is slightly brighter and rosier - a few washes of perm rose maybe one of cobalt in the center followed by a few more of perm rose finish off by a few of raw sienna and add some glow with a little lemon yellow. I save lemon yellow and any cads until the last - they dont seem to play well with others. ;) going to go back now and fix that horribly bright background using a fairlay rick mix of paynes grey, this is quite transparent so all those pretty colors you mimicked in your background will still show through. Now doesnt t...

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Pigeon in Watercolor

Painting pigeons can be a challenge in watercolor. Their feathers always seem more shimmery and transitional than painting lets say a Robin or a Chickadee. In this painting, I was working at getting the transition from pinks to greens to blues/violets to look believable without getting muddy. I like how the dark background has hints of the bird colors peeking through.  5*7 watercolor on 140lb arches CP