Caspian tern study

Often when I practise painting I'll purposely use student grade watercolour paper to avoid anxiety about painting on expensive cotton watercolour paper. Also I sometimes paint directly without a preliminary drawing which can have surprising results. Working this way allows me to have more freedom and less mental constraints. This painting was one of those occasions.
We had spent the morning walking along our local dam wall where terns and pelicans among other water birds are often fishing or preening themselves on the sandy spits. I took several photos and painted this study in my little studio when I got home.

Medium: watercolour
Paper: student grade lightly textured 300gsm watercolour paper
Image size(literally): 42cm width x 23cm height
Suits matt opening: 38cm width x 25 cm height
Paper size: 42cm width x 30cm height
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