Autumn in acrylics

Since I enjoy painting the little aceo landscapes on the watercolour paper, I decided to paint a larger landscape on the watercolour paper for a change.  This one was fun to paint so I might do a few more landscapes on watercolour paper.

Autumn measures 7 x 5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches Watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Michael Yates for the reference photo.

Splendid Fairy Wren ACEO in acrylics

These wrens can be found across Australia expect for Tasmania.  I love the males vibrant blue breeding plumage. The non-breeding plumage is very similar to the female which is pale brown but he does retain a blue wash to his tail and wings.

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

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Many thanks to Ron Knight for the reference photo.

Superb Fairy Wren in oils

I decided to paint another wren but in a larger format.  I am really happy how it turned out.  I thinking about doing a series of birds with the same neutral background colour as I think compliments the bird rather well. 

Superb Fairy Wren measures  6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord Panel

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Many thanks to Wayne Butterworth for the reference photo.

Red Capped Robin in acrylics

This is another one of our Australian Robin's.  The red-capped robin is the smallest red robin and it can be found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.  He was rather fun to paint.  I ended up just using my no 3 round brush to paint the bird - works rather well as I can get a good point for the finer detail.

Red-Capped Robin measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Ron Knight for the reference photo.

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Summers Day ACEO in acrylics

I love painting these little landscapes as I am free to paint it anyway I like and in this case I did use a lot of artistic licence to create this little painting.  They are fun to paint when I need a break from the detailed paintings I do and they give me ideas for future animal aceo's scenes.  I am rather pleased how this one turned out.

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

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Cottage in the Woods ACEO in acrylics

I couldn't decide if I should paint this as an aceo or as a large painting.  In the end I decided to paint it as an aceo  but I am still thinking about painting a larger version of this lovely cottage  -  I have a few ideas that I want to play around with so will see how it goes.

Cottage in the Woods 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.

Western Tanager in oils

I love the colours of this bird.  An interesting fact is that the red pigment in the face of the bird is rhodoxanthin, which is apparently rare in birds.  It is believed that the bird must acquire the pigment from its diet of insects which have eaten plants containing the pigment.  Amazing how nature works.

Western Tanager measures 6 x 6 inches and is painted on Ampersand Gessobord panel.

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Many thanks to USFWS for the reference photo.