I saw this proud guy outside my sister's window a couple of weeks ago. So much snow.....and yet she feeds the birds and they gather throughout the day. A nice splash of color in an otherwise white landscape.
And yet one more. Once I got going, I hated to lose the color pallette. I played a bit thicker with this one, using a pallette knife at times, working on the water patterns. I like his viewpoint- out to sea and over the horizon.
I wanted to play with composition a bit with this one and capture the close-up characteristics of this bird. he had a bit more color than some others on the beach and was very bold and fearless. These birds also force a very limited pallette and focus on values that is a great exercise in seeing. I may want to paint this one in a large format soon.