WATERCOLOR IN PROGRESS

Goose

by

Margie Whittington

This is a painting from a photograph I took on the river in

Boerne, Texas. After drawing the image, I put a blue wash on

the background and layed saran wrap on the wet wash.

After letting the saran set a minute, I lifted it and the

texture left looks like the motion in the water.

See the photo below.

After painting the water, I began painting the dark beak

and the dark on the feathers. Then I painted the

midtones and light feathers leaving the white paper for

the white high lights on the goose.

The next step, I began painting the

reflection of the goose in the water. I still have

some to do on this step.

Be sure to come back and see the finished painting.

This painting was also a class project at the Upstairs Gallery

in Arlington, Texas. I will be posting some of my students

paintings soon.

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