I was commissioned by an art lover from Ohio to this eastern newt in its ‘red eft’ stage. I was really pleased with this commission as any excuse to splash orange around makes me very happy!
The orange colour is only restricted to the juvenile stage of the newt’s life and when it ages up in a couple of years becomes a greenish, brown or olive colour but keeps its red spots.
I painted these newts on one of my favourite ‘snowy surfaced’ watercolour paper, with its cotton like, fluffy texture. I added crêpe paper for even more texture which creases and traps Brusho pigment in interesting ways.
Since I always make alternate versions when commissioned, the vertical oriented newt is available in my shop.
