I'm honestly worried that this is beginner's luck. Gouache is my new best friend. I just kind of copied what the instructor did. I adore this study!  Also, it's a red-bellied woodpecker, not a yellow one.  It's OK to sometimes not know or even be wrong in your nature journal.  It's all about tapping into your joy and curiosity. 

I wanted to see if I could adapt watercolor mixing on the iPad with Fresco's Live action brushes. It was good to a point, but doesn't work for muting or brightening colors.  But truthfully, mixing is just to understand how colors and pigments relate to one another.  I can use any color with the color picker.  I liked playing with the watercolor paper texture and set the blend mode to multiply so the texture shows through the paint. This was a fun way to learn a bit more about color theory. 

I really never spent time in college or elsewhere in learning to draw. I’m very proud of this cherry I drew after watching a botanical artist draw one. It was very relaxing as you layer the colored pencil on. All done in Adobe Fresco on a photo of Kraft paper along with a little bit of water color.
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