Duck Stamp

For the duck stamp competition I chose to do a Redhead Duck as I am also a ginger and I thought it would be funny. I used acrylic paint for my duck stamp last year and wanted to try something different. I felt water color paint wouldn't give me the consistency that I wanted, so I chose to use watered-down acrylic paint. I found as I went on that I used less water and more acrylic paint. In order to make my composition more sophisticated I decided to do multiple ducks. I painted an adult male and a baby redhead floating on the water. I feel that I rushed this project and therefore is lacking details that I wanted to add. Overall I wish I had paid more attention to my background and how to paint a reflection in water.