The lovely man who asked me to paint him an eastern newt, loved the painting so much he commissioned me another slithery — this time a blue spotted salamander to hang alongside his newt. These two salamanders were painted with blue watercolours and grey Brusho, white pigment and Indian ink.
I’m really happy how these two came out, but a little sad that I messed up an initial painting I made. I loved his cheeky face but ruined the background through trying to correct mistakes and just snowballing the issue …
There is no hiding with watercolour, which is why I love it and hate it sometimes.