Mountain Bluebird in acrylics

Originally I wasn't going to paint in the reeds but after I had finished the bird, the painting was looking a bit flat so I ended painting them in which then brought the whole painting to  life.  Really happy with how it turned out in the end.

The Mountain Bluebird is the state bird for Idaho and Nevada.  They range in length from 16 - 20 cm and weigh on average 30 grams.

Mountain Bluebird measures 8 x 8 inches and is painted on Raymar Canvas Panel.

Many thanks to Nigel for the reference photo.

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Pink Tulip in acrylics

I was going through my photos the other day from my visit to the Canberra Floriade a few years ago back and come across this one which I decided to paint.

Pink Tulip measures 6 x 8 inches and is painted on Raymar Feather lite canvas panel.

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Macaw ACEO in acrylics

I love the vibrant colours of this parrot.  Everything just worked with this one.

Macaw's are native to Central America.  There are 17 species of macaw's and this one would be a blue and gold macaw.  They measure around 76 - 86 cm in length and weigh between 900 to 1500 grams.

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

Many thanks to Mary Dolling for the reference photo.

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Black Headed Gouldian Finch ACEO

I love this ones colours.  It did give me a few problems when painting it.  I had to change the background colour as what I started out with just didn't work. Also I  had to work a bit on the branch to get it to fade into the background but I got there in the end and I am rather pleased with how it turned out.


Wild Gouldian Finches can be found in northern Australia.  Gouldian finches can be red, black or yellow. Through selective breeding, colour mutations of blue, yellow and silver instead of a green black have developed on both body and breast colour.  So this one has been bred.  They measure around 13 - 14 cm in length. 

Black Headed Gouldian Finch measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Terry Krusak for the reference photo.

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Autumn Begins ACEO in acrylics

This one was fun to painting.  Rather pleased how it turned out.

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

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Many thanks to Robyn Lovelock for the reference photo.

Waterfall ACEO in acrylics

I changed this one quite a bit from the reference photo.  I added in the waterfall which I think makes these little scene more interesting.

Waterfall measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches Watercolour paper.

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 Many thanks to Kaye Gates for the reference photo.

Cottage Window ACEO in acrylics

I really enjoyed painting this one.  Everything just seemed to work. 

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

Many thanks to Mary Weir for the reference photo.

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