Mallard Duck
Anas platyrhynchos
Watercolour on Paper 2000
16 x 12 ins
private collection
A Watercolour Bird Painting of a Mallard Drake (male).
This is probably Britain's best-known species of Duck and
is to be seen on almost any stretch of water from rivers,
lakes and canals to small ponds.
Painting Technique:
As with most of my Watercolours, no white paint was
used, the lighter areas are just the Watercolour Paper
showing through. I chose not to give this painting too
high a finish, preferring to leave it with an Illustration
type feel. Art Masking Fluid was applied over the Mallard
to protect it from the broad Watercolour Washes as they
were applied to the water. The rubber solution Art Masking
Fluid was then peeled away and the details of the Mallard
Duck Painting were painted using a selection of fine Sable
Paint Brushes.
I painted a picture of a female Mallard Duck with a similar
composition but didn't make a photographic record of it.
The female Mallard Duck is much more drably coloured in
various shades of brown.
A Signed Greetings Card of this Painting is available click here
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