Springtime Bluebird

Another watercolour painting from me tonight... my throat is feeling a little sore tonight and I didn't want to further irritate it with the oil paint fumes. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow and I'll have another update of 'Buddy'.



"Springtime Bluebird"
2.5" x 3.5" watercolour on hot press paper
© 2007


I was having a terrible time with the scanner and the oranges on the poppy and bluebird. If I got the oranges to look right... the greens looked terrible.... sigh. Here's the best I could do tonight. It is much more colourful in life with lots of subtle tones in the bird and background.

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Introducing... "Buddy"

I added the sky yesterday... a couple glazes of pthalo blue, zinc-titanium white, and a hint of alizarin crimson. I haven't decided if I am going to add some clouds in the background yet or leave it as a plain sky.



"Buddy, Work in Progress"
2.5" x 3.5" oil on canvas paper
© 2007


I usually have several (more than I probably should) little masterpieces on the go at any one time. At the moment... I have five oils, five watercolors, and two acrylics.... I find that this works best for me. If I get frustrated with one painting, I can put it down and work on a different one. Perhaps one of these days I'll share a snapshot of my work area.

Chickadee, Work in Progress

Here's the beginning of my next little masterpiece. This little guy is drawn lightly (darkened here so you can see him) on gessoed canvas paper and should be recieving his coats of paint tomorrow.



"Chickadee, Work in Progress"
2.5" x 3.5" oil on canvas paper
© 2007


The title of this one hasn't been really decided yet... thought I would open it up to suggestions. So... what should I name this little guy?

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Cherry Blossoms

I didn't manage to get much painting tonight so I thought I would share a recent photograph that I took. Its cherry blossom time out here on the west coast and I wasn't disappointed with the blossoms!



"Cherry Blossom"
Digital Photograph
© 2007