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Hoopa Doopa Valley Children's book , watercolor illustrations

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Monday, October 17, 2016

October Crow - before and after in watercolor

I've been working on some ideas for a crow, with color glazing in watercolor.   My ultimate goal was to have the color shining through the black, so I decided to start with the highlights, and work backwards.  

I first made a few pencil sketches to get familiar with the bird, and then added some watercolor in the sketchbook to see which colors I liked.  I then picked my favorite to darken with Payne's Gray and Ultramarine.

This is the first in a series of crows I played with, at the suggestion of an admirer on Etsy.   Thank you, dear friend, I really did enjoy the process.  :-)