Mixed Media: Acrylic Paint, Spray Paint, and Oil Paint
Size: 14” x 18” x .5”
I have to credit Elli Milan for the source and Dimetra Milan for the lesson to reinforce some good brushwork used in this painting. For the first several years as a professional artist, I never painted a bird, and now, I can’t seem to resist them in my paintings. There are so many varieties, and so beautiful and fun (often hard) to paint. I love it when brushstrokes suddenly turn into a 3D feather. When you get it right, you can’t help but smile. I guess that is why people love to paint flowers too. I loved pulling these flowers out of the abstract underpainting, and leaving some of the “happy accidents,” which I call “happy gifts,” untouched by the overpainting
I have to credit Elli Milan for the source and Dimetra Milan for the lesson to reinforce some good brushwork used in this painting. For the first several years as a professional artist, I never painted a bird, and now, I can’t seem to resist them in my paintings. There are so many varieties, and so beautiful and fun (often hard) to paint. I love it when brushstrokes suddenly turn into a 3D feather. When you get it right, you can’t help but smile. I guess that is why people love to paint flowers too. I loved pulling these flowers out of the abstract underpainting, and leaving some of the “happy accidents,” which I call “happy gifts,” untouched by the overpainting
Mixed Media: Acrylic Paint, Spray Paint, and Oil Paint
Size: 14” x 18” x .5”