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MEDIUM: Scratchboard with Metallic Watercolor (on wings)
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SIZE: 7" x 5"
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STATUS: For sale $225, in stacked black and white wood frame
"This dragonfly image spoke to me, and it seemed it would be the ideal subject for a couple of new techniques I was attempting. First, I wanted to create a bokeh effect. This word describes an out-of-focus background, primarily used in photography, which makes distant light sources look like soft blurred circles. I have used this effect in a couple of watercolor paintings, like "Remembrance", but creating the look in scratchboard challenged me. Second, I wanted to try metallic watercolor on the wings, faintly giving them a silvery-white glow.
With some experimenting on practice Scratchbord™ panels, I finally figured out some techniques to do bokeh circles and found diluted pearl metallic watercolor by FineTec worked well on the wings (the latter does not show well in a photograph, but looks great in person!). I think these touches add a uniqueness to my Dragonfly."
