I continued adding washes to the painting to get the shadows a little darker in the background, and set up the body color of the snow leopard. I used yellow ochre and sepia, and I used a set of pan watercolors, just for variety. There are painters who won’t use pans, and others who won’t use tubes. I’m so new at this, I want to try everything. Plus, the set of pan colors I have is small and much more portable than my other palette.
travelling watercolor palette
now comes the fun part
At this point, I’ll start using colored pencils to add detail. That has always been my favored medium, and the reason I wanted to learn to use watercolor was so that I could add another dimension to my colored pencil compositions.
I have also finished the bracelet I started last week. I like the way it turned out. Next I have to start on that shirt. May will be here before we know it.
completed bracelet
Pretty bracelet.
Looking forward to the next snapshot of the snow leopard.