Sweet Pea - Work in Progress

I started working on another bird painting tonight (in between baking ginger cookies... mmmm.... ). Its not another chickadee (though I do have a couple of those on the go too) but rather an English Robin amongst some sweet peas. I love sweet peas and I hope I can capture their delicate nature.


Sweet Pea
4" x 6" Watercolour
© 2009

A Little Bit of Sunshine - Bird #7

There is something that I find relaxing in painting chickadees. Perhaps its the fact that I have nearly painted 100 of them over the last couple years and that I have a good feel for capturing their expressions. I've finished bird 7 out of 100 tonight and have already starting drawing #8 and #9 (to be completed sometime in the near future).


A Little Bit of Sunshine
4" x 6" Watercolour
© 2009

A Little Bit of Sunshine - Work in Progress

I started work on a new chickadee painting (will be bird #7) today and thought I would add in a flower from one of my own reference photos (this is a type of daisy... I think). Its coming along quickly and I hope to finish it in the next day or two. I've fallen a bit behind in the bird challenge, but still have a long time to catch up.


A Little Bit of Sunshine
4" x 6" Watercolour
© 2009

Bright Eye - Bird #6

This little guy was a fun quick painting to do today... and he seems to have the 'first thing in the morning' bright eye look about him (hence the painting title). It was also great to finish a painting in one setting, something that I haven't done for quite some time now. I have a couple more bird paintings on the go and I think I just may sneak in a couple of floral paints to.


Bright Eye
2.5" x 3.5" Watercolour
© 2009