Today's watercolor subject

Cranes on a sunset!

I used my Aquarelle watercolor (leftovers rather).
The ones with the quotes are a bit edited so here is a raw photo

we can see a lot of texture

Process

Here is how I made it

• I created a light yellow circle and some zig zags below it for the reflection of the water. While wet I add some red to make some orange effect to it. then I add blue and red on the background.

I always think its messy but watercolor looks professional and better once it has dried so just keep layering and keep going.

I literally just used pure red and pure blue and mixing water

• Next I painted the water using blue and yellow and a premix dark green which gave the more aquatic hues.

layer on!

• I used black with left over brown to make the trees from afar and also used it for the cranes which I carefully painted.

I like how the overlapping paint create a blurry atmosphere to the suns rays. I was worried it messed up that way but now I see it as a bonus!

• To lessen my anxiety on making a mistake I paint a bird outside the sun just to check if my paintbrush is ok and won't leak.
  

Then paint the other birds and you're done!

Finished

Hope you guys like it and feel free to save it and share!

+ JMJ + + AMDG +