Thursday, December 2, 2010

A Bit More

Thank you, all you wonderful people, who've coached me on with this piece. You were right; there have been no bird attacks. ;-)

I scraped out the heavy blue on the wing, same for the tail. Dropped in a bit of gray and black for the breast feathering. Straightened the tail and blocked it in.

I'm reading about blocking in first--those big shapes and colors and tones. Details come later. Well, it's a thought any way, and I'd like to try that with the next painting, and also try to remember to apply many light coats.





2 comments:

  1. That birds gonna fly right off that branch when you are done.

    Reminds me of keeping a dead one in the freezer to paint in my college years. If I had painted from then till now I could only wish to paint it as well as this.

    That painting never got started and the bird eventually got a proper burial, to roomate's relief.

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  2. I'm working from only one photo but I'll be watching the feeders this weekend for hopefully more shots.

    All I have in the freezer is shrimp. Great story, Margaret! :-)

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