Penguins - work in progress by Katherine

Although this painting appears to be done in water colour, Katherine is actually using acrylics thinned with warter.   She  with began with a simple pencil sketch of the iceberg and penguins.  Then, using a square brush, she applied water to her background area,  followed by a wash of ultramarine blue.  Note the swirls light and dark blue where the paint spread across the damp surface of her paper.  This effect was partly achieved by picking up the drawing board (to which her paper was taped) and  tipping it this way and that so that the paint flowed in interesting patterns.
When her background was dry, she dampened the ice berg, and applied a touch of yellow and blue to capture the faint greenish tint of the ice.  Now only the penguins await her finishing touch --- they'll get their little black jackets next time!.  Looks promising, Katherine!