388 Peek-a-Boo

 I have always enjoyed painting textures---wood, rust, etc. so this was a very enjoyable painting experience.  I seem to have more difficulty than most getting the color yellow to show up as painted.  I have tried many different ways to correct it, but I'm baffled.  The yellow on the bird is actually a little more lemon colored. 

Thanks to Nicole B for generously sharing the beautiful photo reference for this painting.  I just love it.

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387 Shades of Grey

Jackpot!  I found 18 pristine grey feathers of various sizes on the parkway in Chicago---don't even want to think about the possible circumstances.  I love mixing greys---to my non-artist friends and family, grey is NOT just black and white mixed together.  Ah, that would be too easy.

Went to the Old Town Art Fair in Chicago this weekend.  Lots of great art and inspiration.

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386 Another Full House

Once again, credit is due to Eugene for sharing his beautiful photo with me.  After painting with watercolors yesterday,  I wanted to paint it with acrylics to see which I felt better represented the subject. 

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385 Full House

Thanks to Eugene for allowing the use of his photograph.

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384 Proud

Some days are better than others.  Today I painted four small paintings and I am unhappy with all of them.  I'd like to blame it on the all-day, allergy-related sneezing and nose-blowing, but I know that a bad painting day is still a good day.  Today I learned that painting with acrylics on watercolor paper is not enjoyable to me, even though to many artists, it is.   I also learned that even though my two and only two poppy flowers are precious to me, they do not make a good painting. 
Tomorrow will be a better day.

383 Treasures

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382 Smile For Me and Brighten My Day

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