Tarsier – Part 2 of 2

This is my ink drawing of a Tarsier from last week now painted with watercolour. I used Winsor and Newton Professional half pans. It was great fun to paint this and really livened up a rather basic ink drawing. I’m fairly pleased with the line and wash finish.

Here’s a photo of a real Tarsier by mtoz (CC BY-SA 2.0)

One of the things I did change from my reference is the Tarsier’s eyes. They are nocturnal and their pupils would be considerably bigger in lower light than they are when photographed in daylight. Looking back I’m not sure about whether this was a good decision or not.

Here’s my final painting…