Last week I showed you the beginnings of painting these three 8"x10" woodland creatures for the nursery; today's post is all about finishing them up and hanging them on the wall!
Here are the three watercolors, still taped to the gatorboard - freshly finished, and still a little wet!
You'll remember from last week's post how I used a wet-on-wet technique to get those little white spots all over the feathers and fur of these creatures, to give them a little texture. I used that same technique to finish off the head and body of this first owl. The texture on the feathers and the little legs were created with wet-on-dry (which is why the brushstrokes are visible).
For the fox, I used the white-splotchy technique only on the lighter yellow areas, and the light orange body. For the head and tail, I kept it nice and dark. I achieved this color with a mix of brown, yellow, and red. I did go in and add a bit more pigment in some places while it was partially dry, but I did this with extra pigment, not less pigment, so the end result was darker areas (the areas still wet in the image below) rather than lighter splotches.
I added some wet-on-dry brushstrokes to this owl's wings and legs as well, plus some for its light colored belly.
Here are all three finished paintings, once they were dry, trimmed to size, and framed:
I really love how these guys turned out, and I think they fill out the space perfectly!
Next week I'll show off more photos of the nursery - the larger quotation paintings finally hanging up on the wall, and all of the furniture in place. (When I finished these paintings and took these pictures, there was only a couple bookcases, a yellow storage ottoman, window curtains, and a rocking chair in the room. It was September, and we didn't yet have our crib or changing table.)
Here are the three watercolors, still taped to the gatorboard - freshly finished, and still a little wet!
You'll remember from last week's post how I used a wet-on-wet technique to get those little white spots all over the feathers and fur of these creatures, to give them a little texture. I used that same technique to finish off the head and body of this first owl. The texture on the feathers and the little legs were created with wet-on-dry (which is why the brushstrokes are visible).
For the fox, I used the white-splotchy technique only on the lighter yellow areas, and the light orange body. For the head and tail, I kept it nice and dark. I achieved this color with a mix of brown, yellow, and red. I did go in and add a bit more pigment in some places while it was partially dry, but I did this with extra pigment, not less pigment, so the end result was darker areas (the areas still wet in the image below) rather than lighter splotches.
I added some wet-on-dry brushstrokes to this owl's wings and legs as well, plus some for its light colored belly.
Here are all three finished paintings, once they were dry, trimmed to size, and framed:
I really love how these guys turned out, and I think they fill out the space perfectly!
Next week I'll show off more photos of the nursery - the larger quotation paintings finally hanging up on the wall, and all of the furniture in place. (When I finished these paintings and took these pictures, there was only a couple bookcases, a yellow storage ottoman, window curtains, and a rocking chair in the room. It was September, and we didn't yet have our crib or changing table.)
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