Fishing by Elizabeth Bravo
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Water color Painting on 140lb Montval paper.
Most of the background of water here was accomplished with wet on wet, adding and moving the colors. The beak was started with a solid orange that settled adding touches of green and I used a wet brush to bring the light spots back out after it was completely dry. Most of the darker areas on the beak were dry brush and then lightly bled.
The photo for this painting was taken at Jack London Square in Oakland, CA. As this egret settled in to finding a good spot to fish, he gathered a crowd. We all watched for almost 20 minutes as he caught a days worth of fish. Just enough for lunch, I’m sure he planned to return later that day for the evening show. I’m glad we got front row seating so I could get a few great shots.
Comments
its a marvelous painting, catching the moment so brilliantly!
Awwwww thanks so much for the nice comment Solomon!! I just thought I needed to get back to what I really love to do. Paint.
– Elizabeth Bravo
Wow! this is so pretty! I wish I knew how to paint.
Thanks so much Jan…..I could teach you if you ever want to learn. Just get your stuff and I will walk you through on the phone. REALLY. You would be amazed at what you can do with watercolor in a few short lessons.
– Elizabeth Bravo
Thanks Elizabeth – I’ve tried it – not so easy! hahahaha I’ll leave it up to you!
AMAZING!!
Thank you so much for that Ming, and thank you for favoring it!!
– Elizabeth Bravo
You are SUPER talented Elizabeth. This is gorgeous!
Awwwwww….thanks. I appreciate it!
– Elizabeth Bravo
beautiful work
Thank you so much. I appreciate the compliment!!
– Elizabeth Bravo
well done……..anna :)
Thank you so much Anna, I appreciate it!! Love the banner by the way.
– Elizabeth Bravo
Wonderful work Elizabeth. The first impression I get is one of serenity. I guess it’s the wonderfully blurred background and that the scene displays nature on its normal course. Congratulations on the feature too :)
Thanks so much Richard. I am so pleased with how this turned out:))))
– Elizabeth Bravo
Beautiful love the colours too!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the compliment!!!
– Elizabeth Bravo
Wow ! so beautiful wonderful work !
Thank you so much. I appreciate it!!
– Elizabeth Bravo