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Crested Firehawk by =emla:iconemla:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Fantasy

©2009 =emla
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Watercolor, 6x8"

A fun little painting of a fictional raptor species. I had an urge to do a red-and-black colorway, and this was the result.

Print available: [link]

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~EatToast Jun 18, 2009, 5:31:44 PM
this is awesome. amazing job. this is one of my favorite things you've done so far, i think :)

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~Hyourin Jun 18, 2009, 5:33:32 PM
Wow. I love this. The red just looks so rich and fantastic. :'D I've probably asked this before [can't remember], but what brand of watercolors do you use?

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=emla Jun 18, 2009, 5:50:18 PM
Thank you! I use Winsor&Newton artist watercolors, out of tubes. For intense color like this, having tube paints really helps because you don't have to destroy your brushes to mix the pigments out of the cakes.
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*Oroddraug Jun 18, 2009, 5:58:12 PM
Omg. That is so gorgeous. I cannot make the shape of a birds head work out at all, but it looks so natural for you. :wow: And the feather coloration is just jaw dropping. So beautiful.

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~Hyourin Jun 18, 2009, 6:00:30 PM
Ooo. :3 That's the brand I have, and I absolutely adore them. What do you use as your main working palette? I have (probably a bad set up, haha) of Naple's Yellow, New Gamboge, Cerulean Blue, Prussian Blue, Winsor Red, Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, Winsor Orange, Vandyke Brown, Sap Green, Payne's Gray and Perylene Violet.

Are there any colors you recommend? I'm always looking to buy another tube, but I just stand there for a long while trying to figure out what I want. The price doesn't help either, lol.

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~fireeyes-dragon Jun 18, 2009, 6:01:44 PM
i love that bright blue eye against the orange background. and i love how all the little branches are pointing in the direction he's looking; makes me wonder what the heck is over there! beautiful, as always :)

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~vorpalmuse Jun 18, 2009, 6:09:15 PM
I love how the shape and flow of the branches bring to mind a wildfire.

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᛬ᛗᛃᛟᛚᚾᛖᚱ ᚱᛁᛞᛉ ᛁᛏᛊ ᛒᚱᛖᛊᛏ ᛟᚾ ᚫ ᛊᛁᛚᚹᚱ ᚲᚺᚫᚾ᛬
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*meradragon Jun 18, 2009, 6:14:05 PM
Absolutely beautiful use of color. The pose is done wonderfully, too. I love the style.

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~hadachance Jun 18, 2009, 6:16:39 PM
Lovely work, the colors are just so beautiful and the bird itself is wonderfully detailed. What a remarkable creature it would be. :meow:
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