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Marsh Illustration

Marsh Illustration by Terri Wilhelm
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I’m excited to share another new illustration piece to add to my portfolio and the next one in my series of habitats – it’s a Marsh Collage!

Marsh Illustration by Terri Wilhelm

Instead of doing a sketch first, I made a tiny version using the Hahnemuhle Agave Watercolor 8 x 10.5 cm pad as an experiment, just playing around one night.

I liked it so much I decided to make a larger version. I

Marsh Illustration by Terri Wilhelm

illustrated the marsh background on a large piece of Arches hot press watercolor paper with watercolor and colored pencils.

Marsh illustration by Terri Wilhelm

And then I illustrated the wildlife on separate paper, cut them out and taped them into the landscape with foam double-sided tape to give them a more 3D look.

Marsh illustration by Terri Wilhelm

Click here to check out my first one – a marsh wetlands and here to see my second one in the series – the shoreline. Stay tuned for the next habitat illustration in this series.

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Marsh Wetlands Collage

Marsh wetlands illustration by Terri Wilhelm
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I’m so excited to share this new illustration piece I finished in March!

Marsh wetlands illustration by Terri Wilhelm

I did some sketching first in my sketchbook to brainstorm ideas and test out different scene compositions and birds.

Then I illustrated the marsh background on a large piece of Arches hot press watercolor paper with watercolor and colored pencils.

Marsh wetlands illustration by Terri Wilhelm

I illustrated the birds on a separate sheet and cut them out.

Marsh wetlands illustration by Terri Wilhelm

Voila, my first collage illustration!

I started with the idea of illustrating birds since I haven’t focused on that in a while, which led to researching birds that live in a marsh wetlands habitat. I didn’t want to illustrate the birds and then have to do a background around them which led me to the idea of this collage. It turned out even better than my imagination!

Marsh Wetlands by Terri Wilhelm

I’m on a roll this year completing a bigger illustration project like this (outside of my sketchbook) each month, the Stargazing animals series in January, the Woodlands Map in February, and this Marsh Wetlands in March. Stay tuned for what’s to come in April!