Scarlet Robin in acrylics

I decided to paint an Australian robin for a change.  It can be found in south eastern and south western Australia.  Australia actually has quite a few difference species of robins.  I will have to see if I can find some copyright free reference photos for the other robins.

Scarlet Robin measures 4 x 6 inches and is painting on 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Robyn Lovelock for the reference photo.

Pear and Walnuts in oils

I saw a bag of walnuts while shopping the other day and thought they would make a very good still life prop so I ended up buying a bag.  Would  have been good if I could have just  bought a few loose ones but they only seem to come in bags - fortunately they have a  use by date to December.

Pear and Walnuts measures 5 x 7 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord panel.

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Black Capped Chickadee ACEO in acrylics

This little bird was fun to paint.  An interesting fact about this cute little bird is that it hides food / seeds to eat later. They place the food in different hiding spots and can remember were they hid it.  I find that quite amazing.

Black Capped Chickadee measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gms smooth Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to USFWS for the reference photo.

Spring Blossoms ACEO in Acrylics

It is wet and cold here today so decided to paint a lovely little spring landscape scene to brighten up my day.  I am very pleased how it turned out.

Spring Blossoms measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painting on 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

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Raccoon ACEO in Acrylics

I used about four different reference photos to create this scene.  Started off with the raccoon and then thought about the scene I could create around him.  It was fun seeing my initial pencil sketch take shape while painting.  I am really pleased with the final painting.

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

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Country Stream ACEO in acrylics

It is fun to paint little landscape paintings so decided to paint another one.  This scene looks so peaceful  - you can imagine yourself sitting by the stream listening to the gentle flow of the water.

Country Stream measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Steve Lyddon for the reference photo.

Hill Top ACEO in Acrylics

I have wanted to paint this scene for a while and finally decided to paint it as an aceo.  Wasn't sure how I was going to paint the long grass and then I thought an old bristle brush should do the job.  Worked really well. 

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

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Many thanks to Steve Lyddon for the reference photo.