hollyga
Posts:106
 |
| 09/12/2009 7:23 AM |
 Alert
|
| Susan - he makes me smile. I have gotten disgusted with my flowers in mine and I'm ready to paint them out again but I guess I'll keep trying. |
|
Holland (hollyga)
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
- Arthur Ashe - |
|
lavanya
Posts:26
|
| 09/15/2009 10:55 PM |
Alert
|
Here is my water color painting of parkeet.Sorry i dont know how to crop the hand in the picture.
Thanks,
Lavanya |
|
|
|
teenyblue79
Posts:140
|
| 09/15/2009 11:28 PM |
Alert
|
again, you have great color in this-- the parakeet is darling...I love it..
Nina |
|
Perfection is attained by slow degrees;
she requires the hand of time-Voltaire |
|
hollyga
Posts:106
|
| 09/16/2009 7:06 AM |
Alert
|
| Lavanya - This is fantastic! I love your bright colors and morphing the tree limb into "Freddie's" perch was really creative. Your "Freddie" looks very pleased with himself! |
|
Holland (hollyga)
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
- Arthur Ashe - |
|
lavanya
Posts:26
|
| 09/16/2009 8:21 AM |
Alert
|
Thank you Nina and Hollyga.
When i finished this ,i feel the colors as too much.After your comments ,now i am OK.
Lavanya |
|
|
|
teenyblue79
Posts:140
|
| 09/16/2009 8:08 PM |
Alert
|
Here is my parakeet. Actually owned one that looked a lot like this one when I was a kid. His name was Dickie Bird. So here's my Dickie Bird...6"x9", colored pencil on Black Strathmore art paper.
Nina |
|
Perfection is attained by slow degrees;
she requires the hand of time-Voltaire |
|
teenyblue79
Posts:140
|
| 09/16/2009 8:19 PM |
Alert
|
Susan, finally saw your parakeet- really liked it-great job...
Nina |
|
Perfection is attained by slow degrees;
she requires the hand of time-Voltaire |
|
salsted
Posts:38
|
| 09/17/2009 7:43 AM |
Alert
|
| Lavanya, Your bird is simply lovely, nothing less!! |
|
Susan Alsted-Fanning |
|
salsted
Posts:38
|
| 09/17/2009 7:45 AM |
Alert
|
| Nina, Dickie Bird looks so very real, the colors in his feathers are so real, very, very nice!! Susan |
|
Susan Alsted-Fanning |
|
salsted
Posts:38
|
| 09/17/2009 7:48 AM |
Alert
|
Holly, I love the colors and the softness, he is beautiful! I don't find that birds are easy to draw or paint. Susan |
|
Susan Alsted-Fanning |
|
salsted
Posts:38
|
| 09/17/2009 7:53 AM |
Alert
|
| Suna, Your bird is so realistic, and what a great piece of artwork. I wonder what kind of picture we would come up with if we put all the birds submitted in one cage together. What a picture that would be.......I can picture it, can you? Susan |
|
Susan Alsted-Fanning |
|
hollyga
Posts:106
|
| 09/17/2009 5:48 PM |
Alert
|
Thanks Susan - I've never done a bird before, other than just little "M's" in the sky so this was a REAL challenge for me. I may have messed him up trying to put the azalea blossoms in but I'm going to keep trying - I will post again when I have something at least a little worthwhile to show.
Nina - Love your Dickie Bird! My brother and I had a parakeet much like this one, too. His name was just "Bird". When we were all at home we would let him out of the cage to fly around the house. He liked to ride around on our shoulders or taste whatever we were eating. He was especially interested in our aquarium and was just sure that guppies for lunch would be his favorite treat. After fishing him out of the water several times, we finally put a wire top on the tank! I guess we were slower learners than he was. 
|
|
Holland (hollyga)
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
- Arthur Ashe - |
|
teenyblue79
Posts:140
|
| 09/17/2009 11:02 PM |
Alert
|
Susan- thank you- all the birds in one cage---how interesting that would be...Everyone did such a great job on their birds , it certainly would be a showstopper !
Holland- Thanks and loved your story about your "Bird". I thought about mine the whole time I was creating my picture....Your picture is lovely just as it is...
Nina |
|
Perfection is attained by slow degrees;
she requires the hand of time-Voltaire |
|
Suna
Posts:217
|
| 09/21/2009 12:13 AM |
Alert
|
Thank you Priti.
Susan, your parakeet is very cute, it makes me smile too.
Lavanya, I like your watercolor. The eye of the bird is a little up of it's place, I think.
Nina, I wouldn't think a painting would look so good with a black background; nice work.--- Suna. |
|
|
|
Kassie
Posts:721
|
| 09/21/2009 1:53 PM |
Alert
|
Nina, I'm always amazed at the strength of color you can get from pencils. I've tried different brands and can't get any decent colors from them.
Love everybody's birds.
Kathy |
|
|
|
teenyblue79
Posts:140
|
| 09/24/2009 11:40 AM |
Alert
|
Thanks Suna and Kathy. Kathy, I guess the secret is a good brand of pencil than layer, layer , layer of colors til you get the effect you want. This art medium reminds me the most of coloring with crayons as I loved to do as a child.
I grew up in the country and would take my crayons into the woods and sit and draw old trees, birds, whatever...Don't use crayons anymore, but have loved colored pencils for that reason...
______________________________________________________________________________________
Nina |
|
Perfection is attained by slow degrees;
she requires the hand of time-Voltaire |
|