Mocking Bird

A friend of mine recently moved to Texas.  I asked her what the state bird was, and she tole me it was a mocking bird (never looked it up to verify, but I believe her).  I felt a wave of bird painting coming on and thought it might be fun to paint.  Here is what I came up with.

Its a classic bird shape.  Maybe the tail is a little longer than some, but for the most part it follows suit for songbirds in North America.

I looked through a number of pictures of mocking birds before settling on drawing this one.  Most of the mocking birds are a light grey to a brown in color.  A few, however, had a slight blue tint to them.  I don't know if they were juveniles, or if at a certain time of year the feathers look a bit different or what.   No matter, I chose to paint mine with a blue-ish tint.   I made the eye extra dark.  I want the viewer to notice it right away, and looking back at the painting, I think I made the right choice.

Like so many of my painting recently, it is accompanied by a video.  So if you want to see how I painted it, check out the video below.  Thanks for the quick read.  Drop me a line and let me know if you like it or not, or if you'd like to see me paint something specifis.