The chickadee is one of my favourite visitors to our backyard. It is a polite, delicate and joyful bird. I find the sight and sound of it to be uplifting.
I did this painting on a paper I've never used before. It's actually paper that is mounted on a thick board (Crescent Watercolour Board). I normally paint on textured cold press paper but this paper is hot press and therefore has a very smooth surface.
Maybe it was the new paper. Maybe it was because I am constantly inspired by the gorgeous bird paintings of Geninne and some of her beautiful 'birdieness' has rubbed off on me. :) Whatever the reason, I think it turned out!
I just might have to give that snow bunting painting another try.
I,m very glad you tried to paint a bird again!! it,s spectacular!! so realistic. congrats! (sorry my english is bad, hope you,ll understand)
ReplyDeletei was just enjoying the chickadees and their activities yesterday morning and thinking to myself that they are my favorite birdies in my garden
ReplyDeleteKarin--Your English is perfectly fine and what you wrote was very nice. Thank you. (I wouldn't be able to leave a comment in Spanish on your blog! By the way, your art is very cool.)
ReplyDeleteMargie--We love them here too. They are sweet birds.
Being a bird artist myself, I can safely say that this is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI always paint on Illustration board (watercolour board), which is HP. No warping, no stretching required. I even give it a lick of gesso for added protection where I think I'll be scrubbing back the watercolour.
We are inundated with noisy, screechy Rainbow Lorrikeets outside the bedroom windows each morning. The previous owners of our home planted a weeping mulberry there and it's like manna from heaven for nectar loving birds.
Very pretty to look at, but no more sleep-ins past 4.30am when it's getting light.....
More birdy paintings please!!
Cindy--Thank you so much for your lovely comments!! They mean a lot to me.
ReplyDeleteI just looked up lorikeets and they are gorgeous! What a shame that they are screechy. Maybe you should harvest the mulberries and make pie? :)
I'll definitely use the board again. It's fun to try new things.
Beautiful work Kathleen, love the details in your paintings!
ReplyDeleteAmbika--Thanks for visiting my blog. Thanks as well for the nice comment on my paintings.
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