Just finished this great spotted woodpecker in watercolor! Loved using brighter colors, and rendering weathered birch bark was tricky. Painted in my Etchr A6 sketchbook with QoR colors and a Pentel Aquash brush. Fun fact: woodpeckers can peck 20 times a second without harm! #bird #sciart

A watercolor painting of a great spotted woodpecker perched on a tree trunk, created in a sketchbook. Nearby are watercolor pans, a Pentel Aquash water brush, and an array of pens in a green fabric case.