This is the first time that I have painted a bird! I was inspired by a photo that my friend
Gordon Pusnik posted on Google+. It is was such a happy picture, and his description about it being taken on the last day before the weather changed, and the bluebirds headed south for the winter made it even better. A huge thank you to Gordon for allowing me to use his photo as a reference!
"The End of the Season" Pastel on board, 11x14
Available through
Etsy
Here are a few progression photos:
I like to get some of the darkest colors in right away -
Getting a feel for the composition and colors...
I was the most concerned about the birds face, so I did that fairly early...
In the reference photo as well as my original sketch, there were red berries - this is about the time that I decided to leave them out...
All done!
Thanks for looking!
