My Latest Painting I am Working on a Chickadee in Acrylic - Update 2

I am now trying to work on the other chickadee, he was in bad shape lol, as I work along on him I think there might be hope. We will see there is still a long ways to go.

2nd Chickadee Painting in Acrylic - Finished..I think LOL

I am calling this one done for now ( I will look at it for awhile and see) I am ready to move on. The picture is not that good , I will try to get a better one tomorrow in the daylight. It was a good learning experience, there are parts I really like and other parts not so much, I might decide to change them later on. My other chickadee I am working on is in desperate need of help lol so I will see if I can salvage him if not I will move on. Hope everyone has a great weekend :)

2nd Chickadee that I am Working on in Acrylic - Update 3

I am still working on the chickadees I will post the other one when I make some progress. I still have a ways to go on this one. The background still needs to be softened more and the chickadee needs more form.

2nd Chickadee that I am Working on in Acrylic - Update 2

I worked a little more on my 2nd chickadee, lightened the background and made it softer and I am starting to block in the chickadee. Still a long ways to go. I am just closing my eyes and crossing my fingers lol.
Have a great night!

My Goldfinch Watercolor Painting was Accepted into the Max 5 Exhibit at Heron Bay Gallery

I just got word yesterday that my painting Goldfinch was accepted into the Max 5 Gold Exhibition / Competition  at the Heron Bay Gallery in Shediac NB

Vernissage /Announcement : October  2   7-9 pm

Exhibit and Sale: October 2 to October 16

Hope to see you there :)

2nd Chickadee that I am Working on in Acrylic - Update 1

As you can see I have worked on the background and started blocking in the darks and shadows for the bird. I still want to have the background soft and faded, I am planning on layering some transparent glazed over top to knock it back some and fade out the branches. Wish me luck :) Hope everyone has a wonderful and creative weekend!

My Latest Painting I am Working on a Chickadee in Acrylic - Update 1

Here is an update on the first chickadee I am working on. I glazed over the background some and started working on the bird. This has along ways to go yet, we will see if I can get the results I want with acrylic.

2nd Chickadee that I am Working on in Acrylic

Here is the other Chickadee painting in Acrylic that I am also working on right now, as you can see the conditions were not ideal to take a picture of it today. I am working on 2 so I will not get bored waiting for one to dry. I am not sure how I feel about Acrylic yet, i have to see if I can make it do what I want. maybe I will try a flower next with acrylics. I might also paint these little guys in watercolor to compare with the acrylics. Thanks for looking :)

My Latest Painting I am Working on a Chickadee in Acrylic

This picture is a little on the dark side, I am still getting the hang of photographing acrylic, watercolor on paper is so easy compared to this. I have started putting in the background I will go over it again to lighten and darken some areas. This is just a practice study, I am being brave posting my work in progress as I am still trying to get the hang of acrylics, it is not easy when you are used to doing things the opposite way. I will post more when I get some done, I am also working on another chickadee that I will post the steps for soon. Thanks

Pepper Studies in Acrylic

I am still alive :). I have been busy completing a couple of commissions and working on some other projects. In between I am still playing with the acrylics, trying to get a handle on them. These are about 4x4" each. Thanks for looking :)