Duck Stamp

Lakeside Dusk.

The duck I drew is a Masked Duck and I chose it due to the uniqueness of its beak, and how the blue seems to just stand out more than the rest of the body. I used several images and combined them but still having the duck face in a particular direction, just with light and patterns in the feathers I made it apparent that it wasn't from a specific and direct photo. I used Prismacolor coloured pencils to get the final product as well as a white ink pen to get the highlights. I wanted to make the water mossy like with the normal swamp areas they are found in and used a white coloured pencil to give a swirl effect as if the water seemed to be moving. Since I was never good at drawing water, I figured I could use a different approach to my normal one. Overall, I'm happy with the final product even if I can't come close to others. Though, realism is still not my thing.