Spicebush Swallowtail & Caterpillar ~ (WIP)
First Layers Of Color
Family: Papilionidae ~ Subfamily: Papilioninae
Today I applied watercolor to the (smooth) finished mixed media paper. This paper absorbs water differently than watercolor paper. Liquid tends to float on top and absorbs slowly. Working wet on wet will not give an even absorption rate on this paper. However, one can lift paint up after applied even when it is dry and move it around. I like this type of paper for illustration and fine ink pen details.
Next layer of 3 layers will include shadows to give depth. I like to use complimentary colors for shadowing, which gives my colors a bright not muddy coloring. Adding black will muddy any colors, I used Payne's gray for the black wings of the Spicebush Butterfly. Payne's gray is my favorite gray that is almost black but does not dim other colors when I blend to defuse lines and edges. Most of the yellow color are rocks and straw with sticks and dirt. I will apply layers of color to get the browns, golds, grays, and rust colors to give the gravel shape and substance.
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I like it! But then I'm fond of pretty much "butterfly ANYthing," something that has been true since I was a kid. Anyway, I like the combination of pen and ink with watercolor.
After working really hard on Mr. Wednesday I needed to do a piece that makes me feel happy and peaceful. I used some of my photographs taken from my trip up the Illinois river here in Oklahoma for this painting.
Insects and amphibians have always fascinated me because they go through several transitions that don't look anything like each other.
Butterflies have caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly. But there is more! Many butterflies have several generations that specialize in one breeding season. Like the Papilionidae family, which includes the Spicebush butterfly breeds through the season, the last caterpillars to hatch in the fall put off becoming butterflies and build a cocoon wrapped in a leaf in a protected area to overwinter and become a butterfly next spring to start the cycle all over again.
thats the reason of butterflies here :) glad
I think nature is like the sun, it shines from it's own light and does not pay attention to those it touches. Nature like the sun is divinely indifferent and it's purpose is to live.
I feel pleasure to visit your blog, you always have beautiful things, congratulations for this beautiful work, thanks for sharing the step by step.
I wish you a beautiful week dear friend @reddust
You to my dear friend, I will stop by and touch bases with you more often <3
beautiful post by beautiful my precious lady :)
hows your husband :)
My husband is a happy man because he has a wonderful wife and family....lol
Thank you @hassanabid!
God bless you and your family may you all live with same or more happiness :)
Thank you and may your family find peace and happiness my new friend!
The color added the life to it :) it will be awesome to see the full art work
Really good colors in the butterfly, as always really good artwork
Thank you @dim753, I'm ready for the work week! I hope you didn't work too hard this weekend and found time to rest and replenish your energy.
Thanks red, I finished the work 8 hours ago, now i'm just watching some videos on youtube because in tv i can't find something good
My husband and I threw out our TV back in 2007, all advertising, news that is entertainment, and crappy programing was making us feel awful. It was such a relief, mood elevator, and stress reliever not watching TV. I like watching classic 1930's to 1950s hollywood movies on youtube...
1930 's whattt i really don't know nothing about it
I love watching old movies from the gold old days, when stories weren't violent or full of nudity.
Yeah red we have our own things to past time. I have a question do you have more coins? i mean steem and..
Do I have other cryptocurrencies besides SBD and Steem? I hold some LTC, BTC, DASH, and POT...
Your blog is really interesting, last time also i liked the same artwork and today i can see that it has been painted with a combination of pen and ink with watercolor. Thanks @reddust and have a great day.
Wow...once again nice post with amazing artwork by @reddust
I appreciate your posts always..
Upvoted and resteemed..
Cheers!...
@reddust,
Awaiting to see the final outcome! I know that might be an amazing artwork.. I know what you can do! So I can imagine about the great painting.. but I will wait 24 more hours to see that incredible work.
Thanks for sharing your way of drawings with us. As I said before I hate water colors, coz I can't draw what I want to draw :D That's my problem and here I can see what kind of amazing things can be done by water colors.
Cheers~
wow this is looking superb now :)
you really have magic in your hands i think