Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Chestnut-sided Warbler paintings...

Chestnut-sided Warblers are always a fun warbler to watch. Their bright yellow heads and rusty-chestnut sides always look so nice through the binocs! I continue to plug away on the 100 Painting Challenge (2nd year). I finished these paintings a few weeks ago and posted them to the challenge site and the Birding is Fun site, but forgot about old Red. So here they are...

Painting 176. Tough Chestnut-sided Warbler on the Lookout
(watercolor, charcoal, and an electronic PhotoShop Filter)

...pencil sketch of the Chestnut-sided Warbler

Painting 175. Chestnut-sided Warbler Migrating Through...
(watercolor, charcoal, salt for the mottled background, and an electronic PhotoShop Filter)

...pencil sketch for painting 175

Painting 174. Chestnut-sided Warbler in the Forest
(oil pastel over a quick watercolor)
(...this is my favorite!)

Painting 173. Chestnut-sided Warbler on Branch
(...a quick practice painting to plan painting 174. It is colored pencil over a two-minute watercolor.)

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19 comments:

  1. Dawn FineOctober 18, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    AWESOME!!!!

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  2. Carole M.October 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    oh I admire your talent/drawing, painting. They're so realistic and I love the colours, effects you add. Beautiful bird.

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  3. MontanagirlOctober 19, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    Wonderful! Love the colors and different effects.

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  4. CarolineOctober 19, 2011 at 12:57 AM

    Lovely Kelly - I really like the digital effect!

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  5. SueOctober 19, 2011 at 5:17 AM

    Kelly-you are so talented. I love them all.

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  6. KaHollyOctober 19, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    Your paintings are beautiful, but I esp. love the sketches! I'm so envious of your talent. Show more!! ~karen

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  7. Kerri FarleyOctober 19, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    Add me to the list of those that are envious of your amazing talent! These are amazing! You inspire me to take some art classes!

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  8. CubyOctober 19, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    These are absolutely delightful I think no.173 is my favourite if I had to choose. What talent you show.

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  9. UnknownOctober 19, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    very wonderful ! I Love these all !

    - KAT -

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  10. UnknownOctober 19, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Lovely and awesome! Keep those painting coming.

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  11. TexWisGirlOctober 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    love these! love the 'fuzz' effect you can capture in a 'quick' painting! :)

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  12. Janice KOctober 19, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    Oh, I like them ALL!

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  13. Gillian OlsonOctober 19, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Beautiful drawings and paintings.

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  14. Lynne at Hasty BrookOctober 19, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    I love these!

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  15. TimareeOctober 19, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    They look great. I love how you got the texture so real on the oil pastel ones. And, I am glad you posted here as I haven't gotten anywhere else to see pictures lately besides the blogs. I guess it'd be easier to check flickr but the explanations aren't the same as on a blog.

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  16. Cicero SingsOctober 19, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    I too love the colours and the different background effects.

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  17. Marco LuijkenOctober 20, 2011 at 5:14 AM

    Hello Kelly,
    These all are great!!
    Amazing how you have done this. These paintings are beautiful on the wall. Very well done!!

    Greetings, Marco

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  18. Mary Ann GieszelmannOctober 20, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    Yes, Kelly, I like Painting 174 also. You can almost reach out and touch those spiky little feathers!

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  19. KellyOctober 20, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    ...thanks, everyone!! You are always so kind with your comments!! I really like scrunching out the oil pastels, and it was fun making this little warbler into a tough guy! :-)

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