Blue Door ACEO in acrylics

I decided to paint something completely different today.  It was rather tricky painting the stones but they turned out quite well in the end. 

We are having the strangest winter weather this year - we have had more rain than normal and last night of all things we had a storm!!.  I have never experienced a storm in the middle of winter.  On a brighter note the weather forecast for next week is sunshine - fingers crossed that they have the forecast right.

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

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Many thanks to Rodney Campbell for the reference photo.

Little Buck ACEO in acrylics

I have wanted to paint this little fellow for a while but have been looking for the right landscape setting.  I finally found it.  I am really happy how it turned out.  I actually enjoyed painting the mountains and water so I might do another painting based on the landscape reference photo.

Little Buck measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painting one 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Steve Lyddon for the buck reference photo and Terry Krysak for landscape reference photo.

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.

Eastern Bluebird ACEO in acrylics

I loved painting this bird.  Sometimes a painting just seems to come together from the beginning and this was one of them.  I am very happy how it turned out.  America does have some really beautiful birds and this is another one of them.  It is found across Eastern North America. 

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

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Many thanks to Marcus Moller for the reference photo.

Robin 3 ACEO in acrylics

I love painting robins.  I originally painted the robin with a light green background but I didn't like it so I ended up starting again.  I much prefer the light blue background that I created.

Robin 3 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.

Little Fawn ACEO in acrylics

I couldn't resist painting this cute little fellow.   This time round I painted the background around the fawn as I didn't think I would be able to paint the fawn over the very dark green background that I started off with.

Little Fawn measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Jansam for the fawn 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.