Mallard study
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard study enlarge
Acrylic on Board 2000
6 x 4 ins
private collection
A small acrylic bird painting of a mallard drake.
This is a postcard size study done quite quickly and
without any underlying pencil drawing. The duck was
sketched in with a fine pointed brush using thinned
cobalt blue paint. The shapes and tones were applied
roughly allowing the unifying blue to show through.
The head of the mallard is an iridescent bottle green
but in some lights can appear to be blue.
A certain amount of white paint was mixed with the
grey-green for the water making it look slightly murky
and opaque. You can clearly see the texture of the
gesso primed board which I think gives character to the
artwork.
This painting was used as a preliminary study for a more
finished watercolour version.
A signed card of this painting is available click here
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