I started this on Friday and finished it yesterday, since I worked it slowly in bits and pieces, and didn’t even paint on it yesterday. Today, I redid most of the non-flower part of the feeder. My values were off a lot in this part. I had painted it too dark, since I didn’t want to believe what my eyes were seeing. When I checked it against a value finder, I could finally “see” how off I was. On Friday night when I was at Kat’s studio, she helped me “see” that I made this same error with the background of my recent painting of Dorian. When I made the background lighter, the painting worked much better. Darn eyes or, more accurately, darn brain, which wants to get in the way.
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| #364 - Cabin Hummingbird - 6” x 6” - hardboard |
This is my favorite hummingbird painting, so far.
It may be a cop out that I didn’t paint the background, but I like the black gesso. It’s dramatic. Plus, the actual background was a lighter brownish-red and I didn’t think it would add to the painting.
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