Since my studio space was crowded by renovations, I chose to do some smaller pieces on paper, that I could work on anywhere. I taped some paper to a plywood board and defined some space.
I then painted an initial background colour, a light violet.
After it dried, I taped it further, to create an inner rectangle, then painted straight red over that.
I pulled the tape while the red was wet and let the new background dry.
My initial sketch for the pelican.
My sketch on the background; with revisions to the head and belly outline. The tape is pulled, so that the sketch can break the border of the background colour.
I'm using an "ivory" white as the base for the pelican.
I start adding pure white to highlight.
Using light gray for shadow, brown for head colouration.
Adding colour to beak, legs and "hair".
Highlight leg and bill details.
Refine outline with more pencil.
Sketch, for comparison.
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Pelicans in Ontario
Pelicans off Pither's Point Park
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