I’m still behind on posting and have been uploading things out of order chronologically. For example, I finished this watercolor before Christmas. (!)
I was looking through photos from last year’s trip to Florida and decided to do a watercolor of some Pied-billed Grebes. They are charming little birds and were the first grebes I became familiar with. I do get more excited when I see a Horned or Eared Grebe, but when I take the time to watch these little guys through binoculars or a spotting scope, I’m always reminded of how beautiful they are, even if they are a bit less flashy than their relatives.
Sometimes paintings get away from you, especially if you are trying something a little different. I was in a bit of a rush, attempting to complete this one before the holidays. It was fairly complete, but I thought it was still lacking a little “punch.” I scanned the painting and did some tests in Photoshop to see what I could do to to liven it up a little. My photos all had a very gray-white sky reflected in the water, which was sub-optimal. In the end I added some saturated colors to the water in the painting. Now that I’ve had some time away from it, I think I overdid it. Oh well… on to other projects!
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