Best Watercolor Dragonfly Tutorial for Beginners - Doodle Dragonflies for Junk Journal Fodder Pages
Today we are going to try to use granulating colors in a limited palette along with a little bit of ink and iridescence to capture the essentials of some pretty dragonflies.
This is a very simplified way to paint these complex creatures. For the purposes of this exercise, I have deconstructed the insects into segments and eliminated all drawing, and used a few colors which granulate and blend to give a light and pretty effect.
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