"Little Blue" Evolution Part 4

I've been asked to share some more photos of my project. Looking through my growing catalog of project photos I found several more sketches of 'cattails'.



In trying to design my painting I wondered if a different view point would work.



Here you can see what a 'marshmallow' cattail might look like. After this sketch I figured I better stay with the boring side view and forget about a more interesting point of view for now.



I have finally begun to color in the damselfly and finish the head of the cattails.



I had fun playing with the textures on the head of the cattails. I tried very hard to get a fuzzy look and feeling. Burnt Sienna and Quinacridone Gold helped me out with the highlights.



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"Little Blue" Evolution

Living in the California Delta presents a painter with many subjects to photograph, sketch and paint. When walking our dog, Freda, along Watson Hollow we see numerous cattails, insects and birds.






I tried to perch a blue damselfly on a cattail. The following posts will hopefully show the progress of my piece titled "Little Blue".




Attempted drawings of cattails


Cattail with damselfly

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