A sunny day in January

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I see blackbirds in the garden most days, and today, I thought for a change I would do a sketch in purely watercolour for my doodle-a-day. I love the way watercolour puddles and leaves tide marks. The sketch above is closest to how I painted it, but the image below shows what I was really after, the darkness. I took the original and made it darker on the computer.

Comments

christine grove said…
I like the yellow orange and blue black of the bird, great combination!
26 January 2009 at 03:35
Buskitten said…
Hi Jessie,
Lovely blackbird painting. Wow, you'e lucky it was warm down there - 'up here' (South West Scotland) it was freezing! Spring is on its way, though!
26 January 2009 at 09:08
Rosie said…
Very nice dark version. I can never get water colour dark enough! Nice weather there too. It's madness here after a hurricane storm. Trees down everywhere.
26 January 2009 at 09:48
Jess said…
Thanks Christine, I do love to use that inky blue colour, I just need to learn how to make it darker!
Hi Liz, thanks, yes we were very lucky :)
Hi Rosie, thanks, it's so hard to get it dark without losing the freshness.
26 January 2009 at 10:07
soulbrush said…
goodness me, sunny in devon. it's still rather chilly here in ye old london town. were they happy with your invitation?
26 January 2009 at 11:06
Jess said…
Hi Joss, yes they're very happy thanks!:)
26 January 2009 at 11:38
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