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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Bird Shots™

ROOSTER ...2
Pencil, ink and preliminary color.  Value structure to be manipulated and will try to maintain surface interest here on this bird.  On a more philosophical note, I was hoping to discover why if roosters will crow at night, and crows will roost at night, why these two birds were awarded the name they have, and not the other way around.
... I find I am as frustrated as when I began this project.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

Echoes make it all worthwhile.
~~keep them subtle but persistent.
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Bird Shots™

RAVEN ...5
pushing and pulling the form and the value structure to better effect.
I believe.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

Drinking fruity coffee blends is like listening to Hello Kitty sing the blues.
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Bird Shots™

RAVEN ...4
Preliminary undercolor and directional shifts.
pencil studies below.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

Sadness is easily understood as something else.
--as is the reverse.
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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Bird Shots™

RAVEN ...3
More raven explorations --revealing as much as possible in the shadows. 
~pencil on pencil.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

Accoutrements make the caricature.
~~or at least have a substantial say-so in the proceedings...
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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Bird Shots™

CARDINAL ...3
Pencil underdrawing and preliminary color.  
I feel pretty much about this painting as this bird does...
(and currently we're not speaking to each other, either)
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

conflicting attitudes bracket facial tension.
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Bird Shots™

CARDINAL ...2
Consideration given to some play with concept and color.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

...decaf just can't do the job.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Bird Shots™

HARLEQUIN DUCK
A small sea duck, highly decorated, and very brave in the face of adversity.  Also goes by the name 'Lords and Ladies' which is another term for a European flowering plant called the Cuckoopint, which appears to refer to a small Cuckoo, a long-tailed bird with pale underparts known for its two-note call... --or perhaps it refers to a crazy person, which is what I think I shall be by the time I figure out what's going on with this duck.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

Don't let sleeping logs die.
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Bird Shots™

LOVEBIRD
A Lovebird is a type of small parrot known to be monogamous and is often found sitting for an interminable time next to its mate; hence the name.  And yet one would think that, with all this cuddlefussing, the more proper spelling 'pairrot' would have been long ago adopted...
no one ever thinks of these things in a timely fashion.
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MOCKINGBIRD
A bird with a serious identity crisis.  The Northern Mockingbird will eat and mimic anything: other birds, insects and even amphibians.
It evidently has a lot of time on its hands.    ~ er... feathers.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Coffee Mugs™

"Actually, a smile makes a lousy umbrella!"
--L. Van Pelt
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Sunday, April 5, 2015

Bird Shots™

FALCON
A bird-eating raptor.  The Peregrine speeds to about 200-plus mph when diving towards its prey; no animal is faster.  In terms of survival this bird must early on decide if it will be a Falcon...
or a Falcoff.
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RAVEN ...2
The Raven has a flattened arc  ~a line that passes over the head through the beak, then releases under the chin where the whiskers have thoughts of their own.
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