I was commissioned for a piece of art this Christmas for the Petree family. The wife liked bluebirds and chicory flowers and her husband wanted to surprise her! He wanted 2 adult bluebirds and 2 adolescent bluebirds sitting on a fence with flowers around....It turned out to be a much longer painting than I anticipated, BUT I think I was psyching myself out with every step trying to paint REALLY carefully.
I didn't have a photograph of this painting to work from. I kind of had to piece it together from pictures of bluebirds, flowers, etc. Here are the washes and steps. Unfortunately, I didn't take a pic of the final wash with the cracks and weathering in the wood. I'll have to see if the customer can take a pic for me. I framed it, too, and it came out really nicely.
I didn't have a photograph of this painting to work from. I kind of had to piece it together from pictures of bluebirds, flowers, etc. Here are the washes and steps. Unfortunately, I didn't take a pic of the final wash with the cracks and weathering in the wood. I'll have to see if the customer can take a pic for me. I framed it, too, and it came out really nicely.
Feel free to try painting this!
Colors I used: French ultramarine, Moss green, Vandyke brown, Prussian blue, New Gamboge yellow, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Hooker's green, Burn Umber, Raw Sienna
Happy Painting!
Colors I used: French ultramarine, Moss green, Vandyke brown, Prussian blue, New Gamboge yellow, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Hooker's green, Burn Umber, Raw Sienna
Happy Painting!
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