Pelican Sunbathing
detail
Pelican Sunbathing
15x22
Photo by Ophelia Kehoe
I was kind of uninterested with how my first wash came out. I knew I needed to get darker behind the pelican. I liked the reflections in the water, too. I do not know how it entered my head but, I turned the painting sideways and started dripping various shades of blue paint onto the painting. I had wax paper over the pelican to protect it from the running paint. This was so much fun! I like the way it came out. I truly felt like I was playing. I like the cropped version. The beauty of framing, you can have the mat cut to show whatever you want.
Thank you for all of your comments and emails for the last post on the water lily. I have started a drawing for another painting inspired by a newspaper ad. It has a boat in a marsh, however, I am adding lilly pads!
Hello Liana:) Your pelican is beautiful and your background is too. Love the way you did the horizontal stripes in the water. Very nicely done!
ReplyDeleteTomando solo lo importante de la fotografía has logrado una buena acuarela!
ReplyDeleteI do like how the water and reflections are handled, the abstract quality to it.
ReplyDeletebg looks great liana ..worked really well
ReplyDeleteI can't get to the beach, so this is the next best thing! Beautiful colors! Love the painting!
ReplyDeleteVicki
It is wonderful! And great, effective techniques too :0)
ReplyDeleteA truly beautiful rendering of this pelican, wonderfully loose, and I agree on the cropping !
ReplyDeleteThank you, all. I am still pleased with the process. I would like to have that kind of fun again.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought that it's endless, what one can do with photography. Wonderful technique,and more shore bird pics to come....
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