Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca

Photorealism Bird Painting in Gouache

Ferruginous Duck                                         enlarge

Gouache on Watercolour Board 1983

14 x 12 ins

private collection

A Photorealism Bird Painting of a Ferruginous Duck 

seen from above. The dappled sunlight plays upon the water

and the Duck almost becomes camouflaged against the

ripples which it creates.

The Ferruginous Duck is an irregular autumn visitor to the 

UK, the one depicted here being part of an ornamental 

Waterfowl collection.

Photorealism Painting Technique:

The Gouache Paint is applied using Watercolour Wash 

Technique in the lighter areas of the Picture to allow the 

whiteness of the Watercolour Board to show through. In 

the darker passages of this Artwork, the Paint is applied 

in a more opaque way.

This Ferruginous Duck Painting is inspired by the Bird 

Paintings of Australian Bird Painter / Artist Raymond 

Harris Ching, a great influence on my Wildlife Art.

A Signed Greetings Card is available of this Painting click here

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