The Majestic Mute Swan | Illustration



I find the mute swan the most majestic bird in the lake, pure white feather, vibrant orange-yellow beak and absolute black to detail the face. 


Navy and white combination looks very elegantly modern like you actually see them in the lake, with navy as water.

I was inspired to paint white onto the navy when my sister painted her bedroom wall, with some paint left in the pot I used it for my painting. I painted on a few papers filled whole, stared the blank navy, visualising on what to paint on, came up with an idea of having white, as any white birds and white flowers. The mute swan was the first in my mind to paint.


Even though I used acrylic paint, it takes layers to solidified, especially the white paint, as the navy showed through. For instance, you can see from the picture I started to paint that navy show through white.


I thought the outcome of acrylic paint will look rough because of how thin the paint is, as layering over it does leave some texture marks. But turned out it looks great!


How majestic does this swan look! Even photography on this painting makes it as I said, very elegant. I can see this as framed on the wall would look sumptuous!














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