Shining Bronze Cuckoo ACEO in acrylics

I am really pleased how this one turned out. The only problem I was having was my paints kept drying out too fast - will be glad when winter arrives - makes painting in acrylics a lot easier.

The Shining Bronze Cuckoo is the worlds smallest cuckoo measuring only 15 - 17 cm long.  They can be found around Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island and Vanuatu.

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

Many thanks to James Niland for the reference photo.

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Brambling ACEO in acrylics

I love this birds colouring.  I used a mixture of Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Yellow and Permanent Alizarin plus white to create the orange feathers.

This bird can be found throughout Northern Europe and Asia.  It winters in southern Europe, Northern Africa, North India, Northern Pakistan, China and Japan.

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

Many thanks to Kev Chapman for the reference photo.

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Pink Robin in watercolours

So this was the next one that I painted.  I love painting the pink robin - brings back memories of my holiday to Tasmania.  Very happy how it turned out.  Maybe a should paint a series of watercolour robins - I will have to see what other reference photos I can find.

Pink Robin measures 10 x 8 inches and is painted on 300gsm rough Arches watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Ron Knight for the reference photo.

The painting is available for purchase from my Etsy shop.  To view the listing, please click here.

Robin ACEO in watercolours

I felt like a needed to paint a few looser style paintings before tackling my next detail 6 x 8 inch and 6 x 6 inch paintings.  So I decided to paint a couple of birds in watercolours for a change.

The first one is this lovely European Robin.  Really pleased with the end result.  I added the pink flowers to add a bit of interest.

Robin measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm rough Arches watercolour paper.

Many thanks to Ron Knight for the reference photo.

The painting is available for purchase from my Etsy store.  To view the listing, please click here.

Red Squirrel ACEO in acrylics

I couldn't resist painting this little fellow - he is just so cute.  I am really pleased how he turned out - it all just seemed to come together..  I used the same colour combination as I did for the tigers fur - I just added a bit of burnt umber so vary the colour here and there.

Red Squirrel 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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Tiger ACEO in acrylics

I am really pleased with this one.  I found the perfect mixture for the tigers fur -  a mixture of Permanent Alizarin Crimson,  Transparent Yellow and Ultramarine Blue  - works beautiful. 

It has been really hot and humid here for the last week or so.  Fingers crossed the cool change will come through this evening.

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

Many thanks to David Stribbling for the reference photo.

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Mistletoebird ACEO in acrylics

I enjoyed painting this one - it  all just worked.  Really pleased with the result.  These birds are found around the most of Australia (they are not present in Tasmania). They are also found in Papua New Guinea  and Eastern Indonesia.  They are about 9 - 10 cm in length and weigh around 7.5 - 11 grams. 

Mistletoebird measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches and is painted on 300gsm smooth Arches watercolour paper.

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Many thanks to Patrick Kavanagh for the reference photo.