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I live on a hill. At the top of the hill, about 50 ft from my windows are my birdfeeders, water, and native grasses. Down the hill a way, is my cultivated raised garden for veggies and cutting flowers, native perennials and a pollinator garden. Beyond that is a grass field and pine/deciduious forest. I get common birds (morning doves, sparrows, finches, cardinals) flying in for the birdfeeders but rarely see them in my gardens. Question: Are they just taking the easy way to get food? Is this not helpful for them? Should I not have feeders when I have so much natural diversity?
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I started using a light wash of pink that I thought I would overpaint with swashes of darker color to get highlights on head. Same as back of bird only I used a teal. I kept darkening the teal as the light wash didn't work. I couldn't manage to get the effect I wanted so I started using thin brushstrokes (feathers) in dark red and black. It seemed to work but it was not what I wanted. I also went back over the head with white thin strokes for highlights. Again, not what I had hoped to do. -
Yes this was pretty interesting. But tedious. I wasn't sure I had the attention span but I kept going and completed the pix. As true as I tried to be with the interior lines, they are still wonky but look ok anyway.
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My leaves were not similar but I found the differences interesting. I enjoyed just really taking tie to look at objects.
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I noticed leaf shadow and veining and where bugs had eaten lea leaf. I noticed flatness and roundness of the bird but did'nt capture it quite enough. I draw and paint a lot from photos and try to notice all details. I enjoy this game. How can we do that in nature? light shifts, things move away, plus...I'm too far away to see any details. Am I getting ahead of us?
I started using a light wash of pink that I thought I would overpaint with swashes of darker color to get highlights on head. Same as back of bird only I used a teal. I kept darkening the teal as the light wash didn't work. I couldn't manage to get the effect I wanted so I started using thin brushstrokes (feathers) in dark red and black. It seemed to work but it was not what I wanted. I also went back over the head with white thin strokes for highlights. Again, not what I had hoped to do. 
Yes this was pretty interesting. But tedious. I wasn't sure I had the attention span but I kept going and completed the pix. As true as I tried to be with the interior lines, they are still wonky but look ok anyway. 
My leaves were not similar but I found the differences interesting. I enjoyed just really taking tie to look at objects. 
I noticed leaf shadow and veining and where bugs had eaten lea leaf. I noticed flatness and roundness of the bird but did'nt capture it quite enough. I draw and paint a lot from photos and try to notice all details. I enjoy this game. How can we do that in nature? light shifts, things move away, plus...I'm too far away to see any details. Am I getting ahead of us? Viewing 5 posts - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)