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mandarin swan

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My unoficial entry for the Watercolorists Contest 2012: Twisted Reality.

It is a hybrid between a mandarin fish and a swan.

The media used is watercolored pencils, as it is a small piece, I needed the pencils to get the details I wanted, I had trouble even using my smallest brush. A brushstroke out of place and the whole thing was ruined. Still, I was clumsy and accidentally put my hand over the wet pigment =D.

The trick with my brand of watercolored pencils (Caran D'Ache) is to use them hard when I want a bright colour, smooth when I went them toned down. It sounds silly but the difference is massive.


The water was challenging and even though it came out funky in the scan, it looks better in real life. It has several layers of colour: light blue, brown, moss green, dark turquoise and forest green, I don't know if you're able ot tell them apart.

The swan was a joy to paint, I'm madly in love with bright colours and the mandarin fish has the best ones. I had no idea of the existance of this fish until today, it's so beautiful.
I struggled a bit with the pattern but it came out better than expected.

Paper: Fabriano 300grms
Pencils: Caran D'Ache
1 small sized brush
Water
Toilet paper, used it to gave a little texture to the water.
Size 13 cm x 10 cm
Image size
700x516px 156.46 KB
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