Translucent bug wings

I was quite pleased with the way I did this bug's wings. I had decided that coloring in this one would be an exercise in achieving the translucent effect, so I used a pencil and lightly drew in the centre of the flower on the wings, and used the same colour palette as with the rest of the centre of the flower.

I took care not to press the yellow and oranges too hard, or it would flatten what is called the "tooth" of the paper, rendering it incapable of taking in any more color. This way, I was able to overlay the yellow and orange with pale sage and powder blue (Prismacolor's pale green and pale blue respectively) that I used on the bug's wings so they look "see-through".

I check out online tutorials on color pencil art (see list of favourite links to the right of this blog page) and maintain Pinterest boards of my and other people's work so I can learn. And learning has been fun.