Add Shine to a Watercolor Image

Hello friends!

I had some water-coloring fun with this whimsical image from Penny Black.
Dreaming 

This new bird image is not the realistic kind and I was not sure about using it....
However, that all changed once I saw the beautiful sample that the uber talented Jill Foster created.
(see below)

I attempted my water-coloring of the birdie and the result is better than what I had expected!
I always inked up the lightest color (such as Antique Linen) and started coloring. 

These days, my go-to colors seem to be the yellow and orange combo.
That was what I did with the birdie with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor.
I then added a bit of red and pink.... 

It's hard to see the shine from the birdie. But I want to mention that there are many types of Metallic watercolor out there. 

I don't know if there is a rule about the order of coloring. I started with the body first and then gradually color the entire bird. Once the main object is nearly finished, I worked on the other area, such as leaves, berries and branches. 

The last part will be the background. Of course, I waited till the main images are all nearly dry.

I added gold sheen with Kuretake Metallic Watercolor. I also use Prima Marketing Watercolor as well. All the products are listed below. These are fairly inexpensive and are great for add-on with your existing watercolor media.

The last part was to frame this darling image. The new Leaf Stitched Frame Dies are perfect for this. I used TWO dies and used the cut out for the frame.

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