MIXED MEDUIM BIRD
Process
For the starting point of this project, I wanted to draw, and or paint an interesting bird with vibrant colors. Luckily, I have some pictures of my own from the parrots at the Jungle Gardens in Sarasota. After choosing my reference picture from my photos I took, I decided to work with the bottom layer medium of the bird, being watercolor pencils, and the finishing texture on top being ink pens. I wanted to continue using the watercolor because I feel that it covers the entire surface of the bird, not leaving any white marks like the ink pens alone would do. This helped bring out more vibrant colors and really made the bird pop. I finished the eye of the bird with colored pencil and ink pens. I decided to add some foliage and jungle-like plants into the background. I decided to use water color pencils, and after adding the water and letting it dry, I went over the background details with my ink pens. The green and browns in the background really complement the red of the bird well.
Judgment
I really enjoy how the colors and texture have turned out, although the overlapping of my ink pens have left some smudges and small blemishes on the bird's body. Other than this, I am enjoying my revisit into the subject of birds, and am happy the way these two mediums have really coincided and accented one another. The colors I got with the watercolor and ink together really worked, especially the complimentary colors of the bird against the background.
reference photos
Beginning Stages
Middle Stages
Final Piece
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