“Blanket” Octopus Watercolor
Hello Friends,
Here is a quick sketch I did the other night with my watercolor pencils. I was watching a nature show about sea creatures a couple of weeks ago, and I had never seen this type of octopus before! I sketched it in graphite pencil first, but made a note that it was a vivid red color! (My watercolor pencils don’t do it justice, and I will probably paint it again bigger and closer to the real color at some point.)
This type of octopus is called a Blanket octopus. This is a female. They can grow as long as 6 feet! They drift in the open ocean at all times. When she feels threatened by predators, she can unveil her “Gossamer shroud” to make herself look bigger. She can also detach part of her cloak to confuse her predators as well as release ink! I thought it was interesting.
And if you want to see the first octopus I did, it’s called Octopus on the Loose!
I painted this on a Canson 5×7 watercolor sketch pad I picked up the other day. I haven’t used my watercolor pencils in a while, and this is not exactly how red it appears in the show, but I am going to watch it again, and hopefully be able to match the red better with my paints from the tube. Also, I am going to try and paint her with her shroud spread out a lot more like it showed on the nature show. And who knows? Maybe I will get some octopus cards made, too, someday!
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
Posted on July 12, 2017, in Art Talk and tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, art, painting, Prismacolor watercolor pencils, Sea turtles, watercolor painting. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
I love learning about sea creatures and animals too! Your octopus looks fantastic, Patsy! Love that it is red! ❤
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I always tell my husband I wish I could just live IN the ocean! LOL!! And thank you, Jill! That is how redish orange it is which amazed me!
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You just reminded me of the Beetle’s Song, Octopus’s Garden. 🙂
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I love that song! 🙂
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I have been trying to let you know that you won Owl Bat, Bat Owl on Writingandillustrating.com I tried emailing, but it bounced back. Please send me you address by Saturday or I will have to pick another winner. Hope to hear from you.
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Hi Kathy! I’m so sorry. Did you use the whitefeatherfloating@Yahoo.com address? I have another which is larrytheleatherback17@gmail. Try that one, okay? Wow! That’s great! Thanks so much. 🙂
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Six feet? Wow! I love this, Patsy. The colors are so beautiful. xo
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Yeah! I was amazed! I want to redo this one a little bigger I think and also try to paint it when it is really spread out like it was portrayed on the show! And thank you! I love reds. 🙂
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Oh yeah! I forgot to tell you that I found more of my cards that haven’t been sold in Josh’s room when I was cleaning it out! I have one more of Sherri’s Ocean and 4 Danny Boy (the horse) cards! (Just in case you’re interested.) 🙂
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I think I still have a couple of the Sherri’s Ocean, but I’d be interested in the Danny Boy card. I forget how much they were…let me know!
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Really? Let me know what you want to do then. I have four. Thanks Jill!
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They are $5 each; do you want 2? I have 4.
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Two would be great, Patsy! I’ve got to save my money for your turtles cards! 🙂
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Okay. Do you want to send me a check and then I send them or we could just have crossover mail? LOL!
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I can send you a check first, since I want to give you money for postage. 🙂
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Okay, that would be great, Jill! I am not sure how much postage will be. I think I have small padded envelopes they will fit in. I sure appreciate it! I still can’t believe Josh had those all this time! 🙂
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Oh I love this! I think cards are a great idea! Such happy colors! 🙂
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Thanks, MichelleMarie! It will take money and time, but I made contact with the person I had other paintings made into cards a few years ago yesterday, and fortunately, she went up very little on the price! I still need to figure out how to make them available online in an easy and least time-consuming way! LOL! 🙂 And yes, I love happy colors!
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