Brown Eagle

[odemilson]

Long (really long) time no see, folks...

Did this recently as an watercolour-only practice. After all this time, I still struggle with its trickyness.

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[markw]

Well, welcome back obemilson :)
That’s a fine looking eagle:cool: Has a certain roguish look about him me thinks too!
If your struggles were with doing the feathers, then I know what you mean:rolleyes: But I think you have done an excellent job with them in this.
They're something I definitely want/need to get better at doing!

[D Akey]

Yeah, welcome back! I think it looks great. Has more of a gouache feel to me. But you did a fine job. I like how you did the green transparent washes too.

Hope to see more.

:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

[odemilson]

Hey master D Akey! Greetings!

The feathers were the most "tiresome" part, but I think the most difficult in using watercolour in ArtRage is to transport to the screen the watercoloury feeling. See, how curious... Even when I started to paint with traditional media a long, long time ago (after some time, I started using computer and, digital illustration software, and never look back again, except for some exercises), even at that primitive times, I used gouache, I learned with gouache. You hit the bullseye on your diagnostic. Hehehehehehe.



Yeah, welcome back! I think it looks great. Has more of a gouache feel to me. But you did a fine job. I like how you did the green transparent washes too.

Hope to see more.

:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

[odemilson]

Hey Markw, thanks.

See how curious... just before I came here and see your comment, I commented in your piece and my comment was really similar to yours! How funny is that!


Well, welcome back obemilson :)
That’s a fine looking eagle:cool: Has a certain roguish look about him me thinks too!
If your struggles were with doing the feathers, then I know what you mean:rolleyes: But I think you have done an excellent job with them in this.
They're something I definitely want/need to get better at doing!

[markw]

...I commented in your piece and my comment was really similar to yours!...
Just goes to show that as artists we are all united in the same struggle!:rolleyes:
Looking forward to seeing more from you!

[limey-g]

Love your Eagle and the way the background contrasting colour bring it to life.

[odemilson]

Thanks Limey for the kind words. I used 3 pictures of different eagles as references to this piece, and only one of them had a background with these colours, a dark unfocused set of forest greens.


Love your Eagle and the way the background contrasting colour bring it to life.