White Throated Sparrow ACEO in acrylics

This one was a bit tricky to paint.  I had to darken the background to get the bird to stand out a bit more and I used a few glazes to get depth to the feathers. 


White Throated Sparrows are found in North America.  They measure around 16 - 18 cm in length and weigh between 22 - 32 grams.


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

Many thanks to Lissa Perkins for the reference photo.

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Giant Swallowtail Butterfly in coloured pencils

My local art store had a 50% off everything sale on the other day and I have been thinking about trying out coloured pencils. So since they were half price I decided to give them a go.  Purchased a tin of Faber Castell polychromos coloured pencils. I tried drawing a bird first but didn't like the result - much prefer painting them in acrylics.  So then I did butterfly and was rather pleased with how it turned out.  Next I am going to try them out on a Kangaroo as I think they will work rather well as I will be able to layer in different colours.

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly measures 6 x 6 inches and is drawn on  300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Rodney Campbell for the reference photo.

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Summer Stream in acrylics

Really pleased how this one turned out - everything just seemed to come together.

Summer Stream measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord Panel.

Snowy Bellied Hummingbird ACEO in acrylics

Whereas this one gave me problems.  I lost count on how many glazes I did in order to get some definition to the feathers.  In the end I got there and I am rather pleased with how it eventually turned out.

Snowy Bellied Hummingbirds are found in Costa Rica, Panama and north western Colombia.  They measure around 10 cm in length.

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

Many thanks to Bettina Arrigoni for the reference photo.

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Black and Gold Tanager ACEO in acrylics

I love how this one turned out.  Everything just seemed to work.

Black and Gold Tanagers are found in Colombia.  It measures around 16cm.

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

Many thanks to Francesco Veronesi for the reference photo.

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Eastern Yellow Robin No 2 in acrylics

And another Australian robin.  I was on a bit of a roll painting robins - also want to paint another pink robin but I think I will leave that one until the new year.

Really pleased with how this one turned out .

Eastern Yellow Robin measures 5 x 5 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord Panel.

Many thanks to Francesco Veronesi for the reference photo.



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Winters Day ACEO in acrylics

I haven't painted a little aceo landscape for a while so decided to paint this little winter scene. 

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

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