I was so happy to have my Cooper's Hawk to work on these past few days. The painting colors aren't so washed out as they appear in the photo. It's very gray today, and even in my studio with my lamp shining directly upon the painting, the flash was necessary. I'm not a good enough photographer to know how to override the flash! One more thing to learn!
I had a lot of fun painting the background brush, which is all old morning glory vines. I like to leave them all winter, as the old, dead vines attract all sorts of birds.....no doubt why this Cooper's Hawk likes to stake out the place!
I hope this bird returns for a visit. It's not completely full grown in this painting, and I've since learned the coloring will be altered slightly in the adult. I'm hoping to do more paintings like this in the future- oh how I wish I could capture some bluebirds in a photo. I never saw one until a few years ago- they seem to be more numerous in our area now. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
I had a lot of fun painting the background brush, which is all old morning glory vines. I like to leave them all winter, as the old, dead vines attract all sorts of birds.....no doubt why this Cooper's Hawk likes to stake out the place!
I hope this bird returns for a visit. It's not completely full grown in this painting, and I've since learned the coloring will be altered slightly in the adult. I'm hoping to do more paintings like this in the future- oh how I wish I could capture some bluebirds in a photo. I never saw one until a few years ago- they seem to be more numerous in our area now. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
2 comments:
Try a piece of wax paper over your flash to diffuse the light. It's still a white light, but not too bright to wash out the color. Got to your blog from the BNAA newsletter-I figured out the ked initials were missing, hope others do as well.
Lovely work!
Thanks for the tip, Kath, and thanks for the feedback. When you puts your thoughts out there, you really never know if anyone ever reads them. I do like the ClusterMaps attachment on my blog- fun to see where the hits come from.
Happy painting!
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