Day 38, 39 and 40 of 100 - Bear, Butterfly and Robin

I had fun painting these ones. I rather like how this robin turned out.

Gaudy Commodore Butterfly in acrylics

And for something different, I painted this lovely butterfly.  I used a few glazes to get the depth to the wings.

Gaudy Commodore Butterfly measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord Panel.

Many thanks to Scotch Macaskill for the reference photo.

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American Lady in Acrylics

I finally got around to painting this one.  Rather pleased how it turned out.  Took a while to paint due to the pattern on the wings - much easier and less complicated painting birds. 

American Lady is measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord.

Many thanks to Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren for the reference photo.

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly ACEO in acrylics

When I came across the reference photo for this butterfly, I just had to paint it.  I don't see that many butterfly around were I live.  Quite a few years ago, I visited Cairns and they have a butterfly sanctuary at the top of Kuranda.(http://www.australianbutterflies.com/).  They have some  beautiful butterflies -  I just didn't take that many photos back then which I now regret.  I will have to see if there is any butterfly sanctuaries closer to home.

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Rodney Campbell for the reference photo.