I painted this beautiful water color for my girlfriends birthday. She loves the grace and beauty of the Flamingo and what better way to offset how close her birthday is to Christmas than to do something totally aside from the holiday for her. I used a reference as a guide and free styled the entire painting, for me that means I didn’t trace it first. I don’t remember what colors I used, but they were not anything any artist wouldn’t find on their pallet already.