Catching Up

I haven't forgotten about all you avid Dabfly Arts readers.  I have been busy.  In the past week, I've worked overtime, held a garage sale, been across town about 14, flown to the moon and visited the rings of Saturn.  Let's just say I've been a bit busy.  Well, no matter, I'm back and putting up the pictures I should have been putting up all along.

The first painting is of course some apples still on a tree.  They must be getting ready to pick they are slowly turning red.  The second a Scrub Jay which we have in the western states.    They are actually really nice birds, not like those nasty Blue Jays.  Finally a simple painting of a Kingfisher.  Each of these now comes with a video showing how I made it. (Picture on left, video on right)  Take a look to see how I do it.  Thanks for the view.

Practice Stellar Jays

Just putting in a little practice last night.  These two were painted on cheap paper.

I sketched them both to look alike, then set aobut painting them in slightly different ways.  The end result is drastically different birds in the end.  I'm not sure if I like either of them, but I don't really dislike either.  Tonight, probably more birds.

No Fat Chicks

I've been told that all the birds I paint seem to be fat.  I just thought they were all big boned.  Today, I give you two birds that might have an actual chance of flight.  Two Western Scrub Jays.  They are fun to paint  with their blue and browns,  This one has found a perch on a dead branch and is looking back over his shoulder.





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This second bird did look a bit more haggard in the original, but I don't think I did him any favors in this picture.  Again he  is looking over his shoulder.  I'm told that his head doesn't look like it fits on his body properly.  I didn't really think about it when I drew it.  Its how the picture was.

Both of these birds were fun to paint, and I will be doing more birds.  I've found a website full of great pictures of just about all species of North American birds, so expect to see more in the future.


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