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Published: 2008-12-13 13:04:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 3041; Favourites: 99; Downloads: 0
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Private commission, 10x7"
The commissioner wanted a rose-ringed parakeet. This was quite nice to paint actually, I enjoy the greens.
The hardest part was the feet. Has anyone else tried painting parrot feet?!
~Watercolour & Gouache
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That's gorgeous!
I love the colours, so serene and they compliment each other very well.
Parrot, or bird feet in general are hellish to do - you did a grand job!
(apologies for my late comments)
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Thanks very much! I'd got used to drawing songbird feet so parrot feet just looked so... wrong
And no worries about the late comments.. I have late replies I need to attend to from October 08 D:
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Aaaw, what a cutie! And you painted him so nicely 
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Well, pet dogs are popular... This year I got fewer commissions (mainly because I didn't advertise) but in the end it was 2 dogs, 7 cats, 1 lorikeet and 1 hoopoe.
Definitely a cat year!!
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A hoopoe? Someone has as a pet a hoopoe? Cool
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Lol not quite! It was the commissioner's father's favourite bird, she just commissioned me to paint one
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Oh yes, they seem like very intelligent pets. A crow would be fine, too
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I saw one in my garden yesterday
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I guess their range is spreading! I saw a flock in London once, they live in the parks. Thanks!
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Yeah, they spread from Amsterdam too
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lol, parrot feets. :3
I really like the colours in this one. Reminds me of those illustrations in old Audubon books.
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Hehe parrot feet are weird XD
Oh, I think I know the books you mean. The guy I painted this for is a bird ringer, so I think going for that kind of look isn't a bad thing. I hope it matched the decor of his home as I bet it had loads of prints of bird illustrations!
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Parrot feet are freaky cos they're not like normal dainty feet because they use them in different ways to normal garden birds.
I can't believe you get these flying wild around parts of the UK (down south?) I can remember looking through bird books as a kid and amongst the browns, greys and black colours there was a green parrot! I kept thinking there'd been a misprint in all my books X3
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Backwards toes!! Haha I mean I'd just got the hang of garden bird feet, so that's why parrot feet were difficult for me.
And yeah, these guys do indeed live wild in London. The commissioner had me paint this for her husband, as he is the only bird ringer in the country that studies these birds.
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Oh cool. I spent the day with a bird ringer once. He had a a really looong net in the back of his garden. It was like reverse fishing, very strange.
The birds get weighed in little plastic pockets. The look of outrage and indignation on those little birds faces as they sat curled up in this pocket was priceless
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That sounds like a rather amusing day!
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Aw, so pretty. I love bird feet so much, I don't know why.
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Hehe thanks! I quite like them too especially songbird feets
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That amazing work with the coloring. The greens are quite vibrant <3
brilliant
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Oh, what a gorgeous shade of green! I will say, I think it looks like the branch is going through the right foot, but considering how insane parrots feet are you've done a superb job! I love how intelligent his eye looks.
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Oh yes, I see what you mean. It doesn't look so bad on the original because it's larger and there is a bit more contrast on that toe, but it's because I darkened those toes so it's looking like the tree branch colour -.-;
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Aww, I love these lil guys. 
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I don't think parrot's feet would be too hard, provided you had a reference. What's much worse are iradecent feathers.
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Ah that was the problem.. I didn't really have a decent reference for parrot feet at this angle so I had to make up some of the feet!
But yeah the iridescent are not well rendered in traditional media unless you have some special acrylic paint or something...
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It doesn't matter what media you use I reckon they'd still be hard. If you did have iradecent acrylic paint then it'd look good in real life but would never be able to be scanned or photographed properly.
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Well yeah, even real parrot wings don't scan properly. You just can't get that look on a computer screen and even photographic reproductions aren't really iridescent.
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Beautiful greens! I especially like the shading of the back of the neckβI think you nailed the bird posture right there.
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Thanks very much. I kinda like that area too, where the feathers are a little ruffled
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well i've done toucan feet if that counts. it wasn't that hard. i have the drawing (done in paint and ink markers) in my gallery. love the way this parakeet came out. i LOVE your skills at drawing and painting animals.
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Toucan feet are close enough I guess XD It's not that hard drawing from a ref, but I didn't have a decent ref from this angle which is why it was hard
Thanks!
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yeah well that's always is a problem which is why you have to use your imagination and other references. still a good job.
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Yes - lovely work on the colours, I like the detail on the eye too
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Thank you
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Well you did a good job then
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