This is stunning!

Thank you!

Wow, I had to google this to see if it was real, and lo and behold! Amazing creature :o And lovely art <3

There are so many cool birds.

22 lb. Paper!? O.o

Do you know about paper density?

Not one bit

22lb paper is copy paper, so really flimsy. The heavier the paper, the thicker it is. Most sketch paper is about 60lb, and water colour paper is usually 140 to 300. :>

Oooooooooooooh

Whenever I see rhino hornbills, I think they're balancing bananas on their heads.

They should be.

Banana rhino hornbill. This is a doodle that must exist.

amazing detail and collering, did you use water collers?

I say in the description.

lol my bad

Yay! You did my suggestion! :D

Which suggestion? <:3

Herp - forgot to add, this is very nice! I love how you did this!

I loves your watercolors.

In comparison to 110gsm, how strong is that 22lb paper in terms of resisting watercolours? And did you have to stretch the paper to stop it from crinkling?

Also, I have some 300gsm watercolour paper (in the form of a pad) which says it's 'cold press' and 140lb. Do you think I would need to stretch that before weting and laying down washes?

Your painting looks great by the way! It's interesting how you've used solid lines in the colours, rather than making it smooth or blending so much (like the back half of the beak).

Oh man I am only just starting out and learning this stuff, so I am not someone to ask at all. 22lb paper is super flimsy paper. All it is is just regular, cheap copy/printer paper from Office max/staple. It's horrid for watercolor, I only use it to play around.

Some people always stretch the heavier 140 paper, some people don't. You'd have to ask someone else, maybe someone here will see this and talk to you about it.

Hmm, a while ago when I first bought watercolours, I spoke to Kenket quite a bit and she gave me some great information. If you look through Blotch's scraps at some of their WIP's, there will be lots of questions about watercolours and things in the comments, you should check it out! And I'm sure she would reply to any questions you might want to ask about technique. :3

I've talked to Ket several times about watercolour, she was a dear help. I have already read quite a bit about watercolors and paper and pigments and technique. All my question now are "What happens if I do this...", and that is not something anyone can help me with, I just do it. :> Anything else is very easy to find online or at the library, such as paper stretching, which I don't do right now.

I WAS at that stage, but I was too scared to waste my paints X3 so do you just let your paper crinkle? O_o

I'm not scared of waste anymore, it' such a tiny amount of paint and it's wasted worse if it's not used.

I don't use that much water, and the crinkle goes away.

Fantastic study, fantastic animal. :) You have a knack for watercolors.

Thank you! I think they are really cool critters, too.

I dunno if I have a knack, this really is the best I've done so far and it was an accident. :>

once you get use to watercolor its alot of fun to use. its one of my favorite mediums. i think you'll get the hang of it quickly because this looks terrific! :D