Task 4 - Final A3 colour mixed media illustration

For my final A3 piece I decided to use Acrylic paint, Oil pastels and Watercolours. 

The oil pastel was mainly used for the pattern on the main body section of the mini beast. I used some white oil pastel as a resist technique for when I was painting the body with watercolours, and created a spotted pattern with it. On top of the white pastel I used some blue, as I felt pure white spots didn't look as good with the rest of the colours on the insect.

I used watercolours for the side limbs, the inner section of the body and parts of the head. I used a dark grey colour to paint the eyes and the antennae of my insect, and used yellows and oranges for the inner body where I used the oil pastel.

I used the acrylic paint for the outer section of the body, the main part of the head, and parts of the limbs. Most of the acrylic I used was a brown colour, but when painting the body I painted it at different times and had to make the brown again, which made the browns noticeably different. The red sections of the limbs were painted with diluted acrylic, which gave it a similar effect as the watercolours.