untitled Chickadee - Work in Progress

Starting working tonight on another chickadee painting (sorry for the bad photo... lighting conditions was not the greatest) while the various paint mixes for the little fellow were still fresh in my mind. I don't think I have ever tried painting pansys in oil before and so far so good... only a few more to paint, finish the chickadee and add a sky and this little fellow will be done.


untitled
5" x 7" oil on gessoboard
© 2010

Sunny Days - Bird #36

It has been awhile since I last painted a chickadee using oil paints and it took me a little longer than anticipated to figure out my colour mixes... that.... and I am painfully slow at painting flowers.


Sunny Days
7" x 5" oil on gessoboard
© 2010

Happy Life

Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

-- Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180), Roman emperor and philosopher

Sunny Days - Work in Progress

I'm in the mood to paint chickadees right now (I haven't painted on in oil for a really long time) so last night, this guy perched himself on my easel. I decided to try him on gessoboard and I have to admit that I am really enjoying the texture and feel of painting on gessoboard... I think I just might have to order some more soon.


Sunny Days, work in progress
7" x 5" oil on gessoboard
© 2010