Male Duck Socks
Description: A return to wildlife watercolours. From the start of this year I've been fortunate to have taken on a job where one of the daily tasks is to feed the garden's birds. This has allowed me the opportunity to capture some primary photographic reference that I've then painted from. When it comes to wildlife paintings, I like to work in watercolours because it adds a bit more of that hand painted element. Mistakes can be made and it only adds to the final product. I also worked these paintings a little more illustrative by adding in some thick outlines, cross hatching where it was welcomed and a little touch of pencils and paint pens. I've uploaded these paintings as a set, so if you like this one be sure to check out my other paintings
Description: This photo collage shows a pair of Indian runner ducks, a trout drake and a white duck, facing each other in portrait, their beaks almost touching. They are portrayed against a distressed background in a somewhat muted light teal color. Duck photographs by Söhnke Sören Weiner and Sue Rickhuss, used under CC0 licence, with thanks. Background by @DyrkWyst, used under commercial licence.
