Blue Darner Dragonfly
Mixed media on watercolor paper
Got ya with that title, didn't I? It is a birth of sorts...from sketch to finished painting.
As promised in my last post, I'm sharing a painting I did of a Blue Darner dragonfly.
This time I kept my iPhone camera next to me and snapped pictures of the work in progress.
I'm still having a hard time focusing so finishing anything right now seems like a huge accomplishment to me!
I hope you all enjoy this "birth of a dragonfly". :-)
Beginning with a contour sketch...
Laying in some colors
Adding dark colors to the leaves and body
The wings were a bitch. Took forever.
As a final touch I sprayed on some walnut ink. I plan on adding some iridescent acrylic ink in gold and white to the wing but this is pretty much the finished painting! Yay! I kinda like it!
10 comments:
This is BRILLIANT! You are so talented!
Aww! Thanks Jenny! That means a lot! I'm so glad you like it!
Suffice it to say that I'm sitting here, jaw agape and shaking my head, in awe of your talent...
Laura, this is so amazing!!! The detail is phenomenal and this is a beautiful piece of art. Any way I could purchase a small print of this for my desk? Beautiful work, Laura!!
Thanks Nichole and Luke! I'm so glad you both like it! Luke! I'll send you the original! :)
Those wings are incredible! The step by step pictures are a good idea. And the title of your post is perfect :)
Why, thank you very much Phoebe!
Laura, you don't have to do that!!
Why, yes I do. ;-) I don't keep my art most of the time anyways unless it's in my sketchbook so you can totally have the original!
Well, alrighty then - guess I won't complain! ;-)
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