American Goldfinch in acrylics

I am really please how this painting turned out.  Everything just seem to come together with this one. I used a combination of Cadmium Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Titanium White  and Yellow Ochre for the feathers plus a combination of purple (Ultramarine Blue + Permanent Alizarine)  and burnt umber to darken them.

An interesting fact about the American Goldfinch is that is the State bird of New Jersey, Iowa and Washington.

American Goldfinch measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Raymar's Feather Lite Canvas panel.

Many thanks to Nigel for the reference photo.

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European Goldfinch ACEO in acrylics

This bird was actually introduced to Australia in 1860's.  Strangely enough it can be found in Brisbane but I haven't seen it here.  I have seen it in Tasmania though.  When visiting Woolmers Estate (http://www.woolmers.com.au/), there was one sitting on top of a rose bush. I managed to take a photo but the lighting was wrong and I was quite a distance from it so it does not make  a good reference photo for me to use. 

European Goldfinch measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Gary Jones for the reference photo.

Goldfinch ACEO in acrylics

I really do love painting birds. I am really glad that I found a photo sharing site were generous photographers allow artists to use their photos as references. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to paint all these beautiful birds from around the world.  Plus it is interesting reading up a bit about the bird I have painted.  This bird mainly eats seeds and will only occasionally eat insects.

Goldfinch measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is painting on 300gsm smooth watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Rodney Campbell for the reference photo.