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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Kelly - Painting 57

Painting 57
(Watercolor heightened with colored pencil)

I saw this Prairie Warbler in Florida back in March. He was a songster king, tossing his head in the air and singing nonstop!

(Watercolor underpainting completely covered with a heavy coat of oil pastel)

This is a rework of painting 54. The original watercolor just didn't have enough life in it, so I gave in and smeared color all over it!

6 comments:

liz Cutler said...

I love the way you used temperature in the oil pastels to pop the branch and bird. The soft background works well in the watercolor. I am eying our cockatiel as rainy day subject material.

Pam Johnson Brickell said...

57 is stunning. I love your use of mixed media. 54 is a delight ans so rich with color. Your talents never ends :)
Keep on!

Unknown said...

lovely! I just love bird paintings
Kat Griffin

Elva Paulson said...

Your warblers are full of life!

Claire M said...

What fun to see more of your birds!

Laure Ferlita said...

Great job at capturing the gesture in the body on the top image and the brightness on the bottom guy!