Tuesday, February 22, 2011

ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

"Male Cardinal"
4"x6" ~ A Painting A Day

The mate to yesterdays cardinal.

I use my own photographs as reference. Starting
by taking a few extra moments to study the subject.
Then I usually do a rough sketch in my sketchbook.
I think it helps with the hand to eye connection.
Next, I hand draw the subject onto my watercolor
paper. Almost every painting no matter the size
or subjects starts this way.

2 comments:

wandamarie said...

Stunning in composition, color, and technique. On my monitor, the breast looks orange, and I do like that!

joey said...

Handsome fella'. Beautiful!