Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)

painting of a common blue damselfly perched on a leafy stem, touching the water below with its foot and creating ripples

I was excited to see one of these when I was a kid, only in the summertime if I was away from the city. This sketch gave me some trouble photographing and scanning it, because I used white ink to lighten the colors instead of thinning them out with water, and too much of it creates a shiny, reflective surface. Live and learn!