Hummingbird Watercolor Painting

Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird, 9x12 inches, watercolor on paper.

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Painting a bit bigger this time - I like it!

Have a great day!

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Oil painting for the Audubon Society's "Wild Arts Festival"

I decided to donate a painting to the Audubon Society of Portland's "Wild Arts Festival", which takes place November 22 and 23 in Portland, Oregon. They have a wonderful program where artists receive a free 6x6 canvas at their local Dick Blick store to use in creating artwork to donate to the festival.  All of these 6x6 paintings are sold for $45, with the proceeds going right to the Audubon Society of Portland.  These little paintings sell quickly, so if you are interested, it is a good idea to get there early!  There are also larger works of art, sculpture, photography, and books, all with a nature theme, to see and enjoy.  It is well worth a visit if you are in the area!

I haven't worked in oil for over fifteen years, so this was a fun reintroduction!
Here is my painting of a Western Lesser Goldfinch.

Thanks for looking!

New Pastel Painting - "The End of the Season"

This is the first time that I have painted a bird!  I was inspired by a photo that my friend Gordon Pusnik posted on Google+.  It is was such a happy picture, and his description about it being taken on the last day before the weather changed, and the bluebirds headed south for the winter made it even better.  A huge thank you to Gordon for allowing me to use his photo as a reference!

"The End of the Season"  Pastel on board, 11x14
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Here are a few progression photos:

I like to get some of the darkest colors in right away - 

Getting a feel for the composition and colors...

I was the most concerned about the birds face, so I did that fairly early...

In the reference photo as well as my original sketch, there were red berries - this is about the time that I decided to leave them out...

All done!  

Thanks for looking!