A quick couple of birds

A quick couple of birds for today.  The top is of course a California Quail, the bottom a female robin.  I don't like the eye on the robin, but I think the rest is good.  The quail was a quick experiment.  I don't think either are my best work, but thats why they call it practice.

Humming Quail... Wait, What?

This cute little humming bird for sale. 

SOLD

Ok, today we have two different paintings, and really two different types of things.  The first is of course a painting o fa humming bird.    Yesterdays was too cute, so I had to try another one.  This one looks a little like he is wearing a turtleneck sweater, but thats ok.  I was cold today while he was modeling for me.  It has a border around it because I painted it to put in an old frame I had, and forgot to scan it in before i put it in the frame.

The second is an etching that I added  color to.  The original is pressed into the paper, and is in black an white.  Ok, so I didn't go crazy with the colors.  I didn't think this picture called for it.  I have some nice greys on the rocks and nice coloring on the quail, also the sky gradually changes into green of the weeds and stops just before the ground.  I have been afraid to paint this for the longest time for fear that I would really screw it up, but I think I did a fair job of colorizing it, and keeping it looking period.