Birds are appearing for WOYWW

I've been busy, busy

but not with art,

hence no post last week.

I have done a little in class 

and today, so here is my progress so far.

You may remember my splodges

from a few weeks ago,

here they are.

Now don't tell me you still can't see the two lorikeets,

you really should get your glasses checked!!

Okay, for those of you who are not versed in 

the art of splodges, here are the painted

versions.

 Of course they are still in the very early stages.

I'm working on the eyes, beaks and feet

at the moment.  

The paint is very loose, so that when I

glaze over the birds the colour will fill

in between the painted bits

and hopefully give it a three dimensional 

look, fingers are crossed!

This photo will give you an idea of the size

 of the canvas, it's 30" x 36", so not small. 

My desk is the usual mess

with bits plonked everywhere.

I honestly don't know how I manage

 to find the paint some days.

 

 

These are the faces so far,

I'm still tweeking them but happy 

how they are turning out.

One bird is has just taken off and the other

is hanging onto a branch,

which I still haven't painted,

and is about to fly off.

I'm thinking of glazing bright red into

the background to represent

bottle brush flowers but I'm not sure if that

will detract from the birds.

Anyone have any suggestions???

Well, I'd better fly

(excuse the pun), you know the drill,

dinner to make, animals kids to feed,

plus the pets.

Now you've seen mine why not

hop on over to 

Julia's Stamping Ground 

and see all the other desks around the world

this workdesk wednesday.