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Published: 2005-05-09 00:59:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 2761; Favourites: 101; Downloads: 601
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Description My 5th watercolor painting ^____^.

It's for my mom for mother's day. She said she liked my birds, so I drew her a Carolina Chickadee, a really pretty little bird ^__^. She loved it, so that's good . I found this neat ref pic in my North American bird book with the blue reflecting off of the wings, so I decided to do that. They don't have blue wings, and yet it looks so cool with them ^__^.

I guess you could say the title was inspired by a Coldplay song of the same name...but I had already finished all the sparklinesses when I decided to make the light and name it Daylight. xD; Good song; you should listen to it!

This probably won't get too many comments, as it's not fantasy (I've noticed that a lot of my non-fantasy art is looked over, so I don't upload as much of it anymore). But, oh well. I really like this ^_^. The top of the pic got cut off on the scan...just in case you cared xD.

Watercolors are my very favorite medium. OH, and I tried something that REALLY turned out well: I used white acylic paint for the highlights! It really works well!

Pencil sketch-->Micron lineart--> Watercolors-->Acrylic Paint
6-7 hrs. or so. Watched National Treasure, part of HP2 (it was on abc *shrug*), and listened to Speed of Sound and Daylight, by Colplay. National Treasure is a good movie!

Picture is © to me.
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Comments: 91

Emberiza [2010-02-10 10:25:53 +0000 UTC]

Wow.. O.O Just perfect! I loved the details and I love these little birds, titmice!

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Emily-Fox [2009-04-27 13:48:00 +0000 UTC]

Feature [link]

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Kawaii-Yume123 [2009-01-31 22:00:07 +0000 UTC]

That is so beautiful <3
I love the colors ^0^

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gryphonflight [2006-12-13 14:10:51 +0000 UTC]

that is sooooo very good!

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Otterdog [2005-10-03 20:20:07 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

Chickadee's are my favourite type of bird.

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kalicothekat In reply to Otterdog [2005-10-04 22:41:41 +0000 UTC]

They're one of my favs too n__n Thanks!

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Otterdog In reply to kalicothekat [2005-10-05 12:34:59 +0000 UTC]

De nada!

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Otterdog [2005-10-03 20:19:35 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

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Sasky [2005-08-20 19:15:18 +0000 UTC]

I agree with your mom- your birds are beautiful!

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kalicothekat In reply to Sasky [2005-09-03 18:29:52 +0000 UTC]

-sorry for the late reply-
aww, thank you! ^_^

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Sasky In reply to kalicothekat [2005-09-03 20:39:26 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

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DoodleDragon [2005-08-13 17:22:57 +0000 UTC]

Nice job on the wings! I love Chickadees. They are such sweet little birds. I may have to try highlighting with white acrylic.

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kalicothekat In reply to DoodleDragon [2005-08-15 06:29:09 +0000 UTC]

It really works well . If you have good acrylic, it can work really similar to watercolor and you can even mix it with your watercolors (I ended up having to on some pictures because I'm almost out of white watercolor paint xD). Thank you!

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ThirdlyGoldenCat [2005-06-10 13:33:46 +0000 UTC]

You don't need me to tell you it's gorgeous...it just is

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kalicothekat In reply to ThirdlyGoldenCat [2005-06-11 17:04:27 +0000 UTC]

awww, thanks And thanks for the fav!!

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betsybauer [2005-06-04 23:23:45 +0000 UTC]

I am in love with this painting of yours. Verrrrryyy nice job.

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kalicothekat In reply to betsybauer [2005-06-06 04:28:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^__^

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ChocolateCello [2005-06-01 00:43:27 +0000 UTC]

That is amazing!! great job, and you must be really patient to do watercolors. I'm really impatient so I always rush into the next color before the first one's done, and they get all blurry, lol.

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kalicothekat In reply to ChocolateCello [2005-06-01 18:20:07 +0000 UTC]

n____n I had to be extremely patient...I felt like throwing it out a window at one point when the colors ran XDDD. Yeah....xD Thanks so much!

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rhou [2005-05-25 19:18:04 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is an amazing piece. Very detailed, great perspective on the wings.
what a cute little bird. nice work!

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kalicothekat In reply to rhou [2005-06-01 19:43:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ^___^

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pandorabox [2005-05-20 21:54:41 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, great job on the perspective of the wings. The detail on the wings came out pretty awesome, methinks.

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kalicothekat In reply to pandorabox [2005-05-20 23:32:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much n__n

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Aissyla [2005-05-11 22:22:24 +0000 UTC]

awsome work

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kalicothekat In reply to Aissyla [2005-05-12 22:13:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Shezzy [2005-05-11 00:07:57 +0000 UTC]

COol! The greatest work! Nice birdy very like it!

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kalicothekat In reply to Shezzy [2005-05-11 02:20:56 +0000 UTC]

^__^ Thanks!

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forestcat [2005-05-10 23:07:02 +0000 UTC]

I like it. You've a talent for watercolor. ^^

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kalicothekat In reply to forestcat [2005-05-11 02:21:19 +0000 UTC]

^^ Thank you!!

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Tigzz [2005-05-10 14:36:56 +0000 UTC]

WOW

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kalicothekat In reply to Tigzz [2005-05-11 02:22:01 +0000 UTC]

n_n Thanks for the fav!!

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sarya [2005-05-10 08:30:06 +0000 UTC]

YOU ARE AMAZING! ^0^

Seriously, you posess in insanely large and shiny amount of talent! I only wish I had somma that! xP

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kalicothekat In reply to sarya [2005-05-11 02:22:42 +0000 UTC]

awww...thank you Sarya my love! You have such oekaki skills....the likes of which I SHALL NEVER HAVE O__O.

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nekokawai [2005-05-10 06:12:55 +0000 UTC]

pretty what else can I say

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kalicothekat In reply to nekokawai [2005-05-11 02:23:36 +0000 UTC]

^__^ Thanks so much .

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TNHawke [2005-05-10 05:41:12 +0000 UTC]

awwwww, he's so CUTE! Well done.

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kalicothekat In reply to TNHawke [2005-05-11 02:23:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Hawke

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TwistedGenie [2005-05-10 01:41:07 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely beautifully done!!

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kalicothekat In reply to TwistedGenie [2005-05-10 01:57:15 +0000 UTC]

^__^ Thank you!

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TwistedGenie In reply to kalicothekat [2005-05-10 16:17:56 +0000 UTC]

U r very welcome!!

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ZombifiedWolf [2005-05-09 22:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow. This is REALLY amazing! *0*

Haha, now I know how to do the © symbol! xD

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kalicothekat In reply to ZombifiedWolf [2005-05-10 01:57:46 +0000 UTC]

xD Useful little trick, isn't it? Thanks!

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ZombifiedWolf In reply to kalicothekat [2005-05-10 22:42:23 +0000 UTC]

One day, I was just playing around with teh alt + 4 numbers, and you get the coolest symbols! xD

'Welcome! ^^

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kitarakata [2005-05-09 21:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Wow, very nice. I've never been very good with watercolours. I just did my first watercolour piece ever for Mother's Day. XD

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celticblack [2005-05-09 21:26:46 +0000 UTC]

The detail is outstanding, I love the softness of the feathers, so beautiful.

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kalicothekat In reply to celticblack [2005-05-11 02:25:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, Celticblack .

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Iceh [2005-05-09 17:14:00 +0000 UTC]

This is awsome! Good Job! ^^

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kalicothekat In reply to Iceh [2005-05-11 02:26:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Nebbzilla [2005-05-09 15:13:16 +0000 UTC]

very pretty. This is realy good

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kalicothekat In reply to Nebbzilla [2005-05-11 02:26:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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