Last summer I offered up a little prayer asking for inspiration for ideas on subjects to paint. The next thing I knew one of my artist friends was showing me her lovely bright colored watercolor rooster. I have never painted a rooster before but I thought "it might be fun". Several weeks later I saw a book at Home Depot on "How to Raise Chickens". While thumbing through the book I saw several roosters. This lead me to a purchase, and after returning home my first sketch of a rooster was done. It took me several tries before my proportions were right, then I was one to color and background. Each new painting got better and better. From there I went to humming birds and even a falcon. My last bird painting was a quail. I don't know if birds are out of my system but I sure did have a good time.
The interesting thing is that the first painting I worked on last summer were two parrots. I let it drop and worked on several landscapes before offering up my little prayer.
I guess the message here is "go with the flow and your inner feelings".
I've also posted other new paintings on my new website.
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