Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 15
This painting is complete! (except for some touchups here and there, and some minor changes).
The birds didn’t take as long as I thought they would. The nearer, larger bird has the most detail, but the smaller, farther birds are simpler. Surprisingly, I used a large range of colored pencils to do the work. The pencils used were: white, French grey (10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70%, 90%), dark sepia (FC), Cadmium yellow (FC), Raw umber (FC), and Yellowed orange. I also used a bit of cloud blue and Sky Blue (FC).
I worked on the largest bird first. I also used a magnifying glass to more easily work in the details. Yellowed orange and Raw umber were used on the beak, with a bit of Dark sepia for detail. The eye is Dark sepia, some Cadmium yellow and Yellowed orange. The legs are Dark sepia. All the French greys were used on the shading. I added cloud blue and Sky Blue to the greys for shading to liven it a bit.
The moss in the trees was completed with Moss green (P) and 10% French grey.
I will be looking over the painting here and there to see if any additional work is necessary. There is always a bit of touchup, something I forgot or something to go over.
I’ll be taking a week off after this to get out into the mountains of the Southern Appalachians for some hiking and photography. I’ll also be doing some thinking about my next project – and it may be a portrait.