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watercolor, brush painting. I have seen this photo done in various ways over the years, and I finally decided to try it myself. My first idea was to include a sumi-e-type dawn and horizon, but I could never drop the paint in a way that complemented the lines of the bird I was creating. After abandoning the dawn idea, I didn't count, but I probably made another 50 or more attempts (wasting a lot of paper) at this bird before this one emerged. If you are unfamiliar with how sumi-e is created, this may not mean anything to you, but what it means is that I spent about a day and a half repeating this same bird and tossing it out whenever the resulting shapes and lines were not in balance, too busy or too heavy or too light, too watery or too dry. It was a crazy effort, and I wish I could show something more stupendous as a result, but this is all I have to offer...this little pun, these few lines...modest, simple...
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merearthling's avatar
a tribute to persistence! lovely clean drawing :clap: