Well, I’m a little late. Sorry about that! This painting is a little bit larger than I could take on in the allotted time. But it was worth it. This painting is a lot of fun.
I picked a theme of birds because they are one of my favorite things. My hubby surprised me with a deluxe 6 chamber bird feeder last year for Christmas and it has brought me nothing but joy. From center clockwise there is a robin, chickadee, hummingbird, yellow finch, female red-bellied woodpecker, cardinal, oriole, and blue jay. There is a nest as a hat and a robin egg as a pendant.
I also added an apple falling from a tree. This is an homage to my family. there are so many truly creative people in my family. I would be blessed and honored to fall from their tree!
I also experimented with pure pigments for the skin. Believe it or not. the skin is made from mingling, cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, and purple. I went with this color scheme because I wanted the foreground to be warm and bright and the background to recede using cool blues and greens.
Overall, I think it’s a fun piece and I will enjoy looking at the birds at my feeder and on my wall!
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This is your best one yet ! I LOVE, Love, Love it! (birdfeeder)
Thank you for being my cheerleader. I thought I was going to loose it today when I looked at the clock and realized I had 10 minutes to pick up my kids and still about 2 hours of painting to do! Got it done, but it was a close one!
just beautiful. absolutely.