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Tuesday, 12 February 2013

SHARON'S GEESE

A good old challenge for me as I don't like painting animals really, because if you have say the eye in the wrong place you ruin the whole thing.  Well Sharon Whitley has a monthly challenge (check her blog great animal artist)  This month it is these geese.

Because I struggled with the drawing I used trace down paper.  I painted in some of the markings of the feathers and others I washed out (I think this worked better).  You can see I tried a small picture without drawing, just for the fun of it.

I splattered snow, which you can't really see.  Too late as the sun has now melted the snow !

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16 comments:

  1. Isabelle12 February 2013 at 10:47

    j'aime beaucoup l'ambiance qui emane de cette aquarelle.les couleurs sont tres belles

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    1. Polly Birchall12 February 2013 at 11:01

      Merci, les couleurs sont Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna and Indian Yellow.

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  2. Cathy Holtom12 February 2013 at 10:55

    Looks great, I like the snow too!

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    1. Polly Birchall12 February 2013 at 11:02

      Thanks Cathy. Great photograph to work from, see Sharon's blog.

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  3. Rita Vaselli12 February 2013 at 12:02

    Dear Polly this watercolor is really nice and well done! March of the birds is dynamic and so cute! I admire your brilliant use of beautiful restricted palette!

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    1. Polly Birchall12 February 2013 at 13:32

      Thanks Rita. You get a more pleasing painting with fewer colours, generally speaking.

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  4. Lorraine Brown12 February 2013 at 12:40

    Nicely captured Polly, some lovely colours on your birds

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  5. Laura12 February 2013 at 13:32

    You have got some lovely shapes to the geese Polly. Gorgeous colours and textures too.

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    1. Polly Birchall12 February 2013 at 13:34

      Thanks Laura. Funny, you never really look at something until you paint it. Know what I mean?

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  6. Jane12 February 2013 at 15:16

    I don't like painting animal either and in fact I am not able to. I think you did really great, the geese are perfect, no eye in the wrong place and they look quite happy in the way they walk, specially the first one really made me smile :-)

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    1. Polly Birchall12 February 2013 at 23:35

      Oh Jane, you are so kind. But I did cheat, I traced them.

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  7. Sharon Whitley12 February 2013 at 16:12

    Oh Polly - I am sooo thrilled you have painted these, they're wonderful, I really love to see how different artists paint the same subject, love the way you have done the markings, putting in just enough detail, I hope you enjoyed the challenge xxx

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    1. Polly Birchall12 February 2013 at 23:38

      Sort of a mini battle to start with, that's why I used tracedown. Then I thought can't let Sharon down can I, get on with it, only a piece of paper! And in the end I didnt think it was too bad. Roll on the next challenge:)

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  8. Joan Tavolott14 February 2013 at 13:11

    Polly - I've flown over here to see some of your work. I like the geese...and the chocolates a ways down. lol Thanks so much for coming to visit my blog. I'm going to link your blog on mine so I can visit more often.

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  9. Polly Birchall14 February 2013 at 13:21

    Thanks for your visit and your comments and linking to my leg er sorry log! Trying to master typing on my tablet! See you







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