Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Sedge Sprites # 55


Sedge sprites are exquisite, tiny little damselflies which we finally found just a few days ago. The colors should be more jewel like. The side of their thorax is tourquoise, a color I find hard to paint; and the top of their thorax is metalic emerald green -- another hard color. The pair is connected in a 'copulation wheel.' For more about this behavior, please go to my blog.

Pigma pen and watercolor in a Aquabee sketchbook.

2 comments:

  1. It is amazing Elva how Miss Nature gives us so many colors to explore. The emerald green on their little bodies look like gemstones.
    Thank you,
    Irina

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