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The painting vs the reference

Rittenhouse Square has a really pretty fountain, and when my friends and I were walking through to look at the art sale, we saw these little sparrows bathing in the water. It was the purest thing I’ve ever seen in my life

I definitely didn’t get the proportions or angle right, but I was also listening to an audiobook of Pride and Prejudice for class so my attention was split hehe

I don’t remember the brand of sketchbook this was but it’s on 8x5” watercolor paper and it’s pretty good paper for how cheap the sketchbook was. I think I used only my Koi watercolor set too and a little gouache to get the white highlights and make the brown more opaque