Seanbirds Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Last call for Verdin drawings! I choose on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Seanbirds said: Last call for Verdin drawings! I choose on Sunday. I am an awful artist. Today for fun I tried to draw a cactus wren, but... I looked like a mallard.?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 8 hours ago, IKLland said: I am an awful artist. Today for fun I tried to draw a cactus wren, but... I looked like a mallard.?? I don’t care! I’m not all that great either. Try to do one if you’d like to. I’m sure it’ll be OK. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Looks like no one else wanted to draw a Verdin... But the one entry from @Colton V is spectacular! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I guess this means I choose the next bird... Let’s do Cedar Waxwing! We haven’t done that yet, have we? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Colton V said: Let’s do Cedar Waxwing! We haven’t done that yet, have we? No, we haven't done that yet. Sounds good! Is paint/watercolor allowed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 53 minutes ago, Colton V said: I guess this means I choose the next bird... Let’s do Cedar Waxwing! We haven’t done that yet, have we? Sounds good. And great job on the Verdin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 51 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: ...Is paint/watercolor allowed? Sounds good to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Man, I'm struggling over here. I've spent hours on TWO Cedar Waxwing drawings and I didn't like either of them! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 18 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: Man, I'm struggling over here. I've spent hours on TWO Cedar Waxwing drawings and I didn't like either of them! ? Sorry! I haven't started struggling yet but I'm planning to. Haha. Maybe you should change the medium. How about airbrush? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, HamRHead said: Sorry! I haven't started struggling yet but I'm planning to. Haha. Maybe you should change the medium. How about airbrush? I don't have an airbrush...I'm sure I'd make a huge mess with one of those!  But, yes, changing the medium is good advice. I think I'll switch to my favorite and most forgiving medium -- acrylic paint. I was trying to stay away from it to explore new styles and techniques and to save time...but I've already wasted so much time trying to fix my disastrous drawing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I'm planning to use acrylic, too. Although, I'm not sure how that is going to go. I think the only birds I've ever painted were quail flushing in a grass and pine landscape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 1 hour ago, HamRHead said: I'm planning to use acrylic, too. Although, I'm not sure how that is going to go. I think the only birds I've ever painted were quail flushing in a grass and pine landscape. I painted hand turkeys once... Â 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Cedar Waxwing acrylic on 5x7 canvas 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 hour ago, HamRHead said: Cedar Waxwing acrylic on 5x7 canvas great drawing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 People who can paint make me feel so bad about myself 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) I LOVE it @HamRHead!! Excellent job! Funny we used the same medium on the same size canvas! I may have been painting this until midnight last night...it was fun... Edited February 3, 2021 by The Bird Nuts 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: I LOVE it @HamRHead!! Excellent job! Funny we used the same medium on the same size canvas! I may have been painting this until midnight last night...it was fun... Awesome job! Nice execution! I love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 EXCELLENT paintings, @The Bird Nuts and @HamRHead. There's been a lot of great art in this thread, but those two cedar waxwing paintings are my favourite pieces of work so far. I don't offer verbal praise very often, but these two paintings deserve more than just a click of the like button.  My compliments to you both on such fine artwork. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 @The Bird Nuts PHENOMENAL painting! If that's acrylic and not oil that's doubly impressive. What's your process like? Do you use a limited palette? (Primary colors + B/W or the Zorn palette are my favorite). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 14 hours ago, Hasan said: @The Bird Nuts PHENOMENAL painting! If that's acrylic and not oil that's doubly impressive. What's your process like? Do you use a limited palette? (Primary colors + B/W or the Zorn palette are my favorite). Thank you so much! Yes, it's done in acrylics. I don't use a limited palette; I would think acrylics would dry too fast for that and I don't think I'd have the patience to be constantly mixing complex colors. I wrote an article about my painting process on my website here https://www.gscartwork.com/p/how-i-paint.html so I don't have to explain every time someone asks. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: Thank you so much! Yes, it's done in acrylics. I don't use a limited palette; I would think acrylics would dry too fast for that and I don't think I'd have the patience to be constantly mixing complex colors. I wrote an article about my painting process on my website here https://www.gscartwork.com/p/how-i-paint.html so I don't have to explain every time someone asks. :) Thanks for posting! I didn't remember that you had a website but I will enjoy taking a look! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Because no one has changed the topic yet, here is some of my horrible art. We had to do some inking in our art class. I wouldn't consider myself an artist at all, I'm only taking art as it's a prerequisite of photography. This is my first time doing anything with pen, so it really didn't turn out well. Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) It’s been a while so I’ll go ahead and choose. @HamRHead @The Bird Nuts your paintings were super impressive! You guys are so talented. But I have a soft spot for pen art... @Connor Cochrane you win! I like the textures you used for the feathers and the branch. Edited February 19, 2021 by Colton V 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Looks like my painting disappeared! ? I remember having some problems uploading it, but I don't remember exactly what happened. @Connor Cochrane you get to choose the next bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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