{"id":892,"date":"2018-08-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/a-watercolor-finished-grey-crowned-crane-balearica-regulorum\/"},"modified":"2018-08-18T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T18:00:00","slug":"a-watercolor-finished-grey-crowned-crane-balearica-regulorum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/a-watercolor-finished-grey-crowned-crane-balearica-regulorum\/","title":{"rendered":"A watercolor! Finished! Grey-crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Um, you might possibly have seen this on Facebook already, or its preview. It’s for the Bird Whisperer Project, July 2018 ( https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/172257113524436\/<\/a> ) Other astonishing bits of life interfered with finishing this in time, but that’s ok.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What do you think? What works, could be improved next time, delights, amuses?<\/p>\n

I hope to scan this soon, because the colors will show up a little better. Plus that’s how I want to share it with the Project… A frame would make the paper flat… but I’m not sure how to show you that the crown feathers (and the crown) both have some iridescent medium (really a very fine silver glittery stuff) added to them. A video? Probably shouldn’t try to record that while littlerKid is watching silly movies in the same room, thought!<\/p>\n

The original is available. It’s about 5″ by 9″\u2014I’ll get more details and post a comment. Do you think prints or cards would work too?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nattering about the process: If I were to do this again, I’d give it a darker background color \u2014though I’m happy with that texture, which is more or less what I’d hoped for; I’m looking forward to trying to improve that technique. I’m super thrilled with the feathers, which are more like what I was referring too and imagining that I thought my fingers could do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Further niftiness: The reference photo and photographer: https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/bird-animal-world-animal-nature-3036904\/<\/a> (you can buy the photographer a coffee too!)<\/p>\n

The Bird Whisperer project album: Other people’s work. SO much fun to browse. Go see! https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.1859779660996516.1073741874.1604323873208764&type=1&l=f2cad44a25<\/a><\/p>\n

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