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Everything came together this evening - I'd been meaning to do an Illustration Friday for ages, and I had also had an idea about combining reds in a painting. This is probably the first in another series of bird paintings, but this time with colours rather than seasons as the theme.
This one is also a mixed media, starting with sepia pen & ink, then watercolour, then collage with paper and pva glue overtop. It took me ages fiddling with bits of paper and as usual I thought it was terrible until right around the point when I decided it was finished and that I quite liked it after all.
Here's a detail:

For anyone who likes birds and would like to know, this is a Vermilion Flycatcher, native to California (hence the orange blossom tree).
Thank you for visiting!
Very beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHehehe... in my country we have a similar bird and we called it 'Cristofue'
ReplyDeleteI love ur illo, very nicely done.
I knew I recognzed your name! I visit your blog regularly, and own one of your bird cards. So nice to see you here (Illustration Friday). This one's beautiful, too!
ReplyDeleteHey neighbour (on illo frdiay)! What a beautiful illustration, love the colours and the collage elements :)
ReplyDeleteLovely work!
ReplyDeleteDelicious! Its nice to see your work in such a vibrant color- the collage is a great touch too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteLovely little red birdie!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! You are so talented :)
ReplyDeletei adore this Claire! simply beutiful!
ReplyDeleteLovely Illo! Claire, I just wanted to let you know that I'm a HUGE fan of your drawings! Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeletethat's a gorgeous illustration.
ReplyDeletethat's a gorgeous illustration.
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