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Published: 2010-03-31 11:51:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 584; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 11
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Description "Snowy Perch"
Watercolor on coldpress, 6 X 9ish

This is my last winter-themed painting for a while, I promised. I was not very happy with this painting while I was working on it, but I think it came together nicely in the end. Gave me a good chance to work on a snowy, out-of-focus background, and rough bark. I used a photo from "Birds N Blooms" magazine as a reference photo.
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Comments: 8

blanket86 [2012-12-12 07:46:24 +0000 UTC]

This is so great ! Very good work! Beautiful colours!

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BlackwolfSilverpaw [2012-06-08 10:55:35 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!

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skeegoedhart [2012-06-08 03:40:26 +0000 UTC]

lovely!

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meihua [2011-02-11 06:19:20 +0000 UTC]

Lovely work! The face looks very alert I like the bits of snow, but if I may criticize, the snowflakes look different in the background and on the tree trunk - did you use two different methods?

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heatherkparks In reply to meihua [2011-02-19 02:20:43 +0000 UTC]

I was trying to show the perspective & depth...the snowflakes in front of the wood would be closer to the viewer than the ones in the background. There are a few that I used the same bold effect on the larger snowflakes.

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meihua In reply to heatherkparks [2011-02-19 05:12:51 +0000 UTC]

Ah, okay

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killerpine [2010-11-03 02:38:32 +0000 UTC]

I love the cold, dark winter color scheme. It's spot-on.
This whole piece gets me so excited for the cold setting in.

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waughtercolors [2010-04-02 00:27:23 +0000 UTC]

I like the snowy effect you came up with. I think the woodpecker is pretty good. I don't think birds are easy to paint. I can draw them better than I can paint them.

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