Mike and Cleme's Willow
My cousin commissioned me to paint a willow tree for her parents as a Christmas present. Armed with dozens of reference photos and the giddiness of a secret surprise I made the image with watercolors and ink.
Unfortunately the scanner at the print shop distorted the final image, overexposing and oversaturating the colors.
A more truthful example of what the final piece looks like can be seen in the process pictures.
Final piece - unfortunately the scanner at the print shop distorted the colors and over exposed the image.
Colors laid in using watercolor.
Beginning to ink the leaves. After drawing each individual leaf in the upper right corner I quickly changed my approach for the rest of the tree.
Black ink finished.
White and grey ink added to the sky to bring out the clouds and play with shape and line.
This is a more accurate representation of the final colors.