i painted this in two hours last night. in fact, i've been planning to paint a Christmas robin for our church's newsletter covers for the four weeks of advent. i had so many ideas and i had to find the right image of robin for those ideas.
the one idea that got formed in my head is the background being a window and the robin could see there's a Christmas tree inside. or maybe candles by the window. the idea somehow would not translate to the canvas to my utter frustration. but i may yet have to try that idea at some point.
i took a few shots with different decor at the bottom for the church editor to choose from.
what i took from this: i want to paint everyday! and i want to write everyday! and that the planning took more time than to paint.
maybe for one of the spring editions, i should paint a bluebird. anyone with a nice photo of a bluebird i can paint?
A beautiful painting and a great idea to have the decorations in front at the bottom to add another dimension. I would love to be able to paint like this but have been improving with my doodling with the help of Pinterest.
I'd offer you a bluebird photo if I had one, but I've never seen a bluebird in real life. A blue JAY, sure, but that's not quite the same, lol!
Please feel free to use this bluebird in one of your paintings https://365project.org/grammyn/365/2023-03-28
Here's one from my project:
http://365project.org/randystreat/365/2023-01-12
they're both nice. maybe i should paint both in the same frame. but no pressure, right?