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Tuning a Bird

8/24/2015

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In spite of being an avid birder and painter most of my life, it was only six months ago that I decided to combine the two and paint birds exclusively.  The learning process continues, not only to depict them accurately, but to capture the un-tangible loveliness that drew me to the subject in the first place.  This Little Blue Heron was a battle.  For days I worked on tuning the colors just right--blue verses red, gray verses vibrant.  If I can hit the color notes I’m looking for while attaining a sparkle of detail in the head of a bird, then I consider a painting a success.  Here's a sampling of my battle:
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It always gets worse before it gets better, and every successive "wrong" layer can create variety and depth in the final product.
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Katherine link
9/2/2015 05:35:05 pm

The feeling that a painting is "wrong" before it gets "better" happens to me all the time. I call it the "ugly duckling" phase of my work. It can be a bear to push through but always worth it :)

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Alex Warnick
9/3/2015 03:56:32 am

That's the perfect name for it! The "ugly duckling" phase. I agree, it can be tough to push through the discouragement of that phase, but usually worth it in the end! Thanks Katherine!

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