Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Hummingbird 1-Pastel Painting


A new painting fresh off the easle. This is an 11" x 14" pastel painting titled Hummingbird 1. The first of a series planned for the winter of 2009-2010. I used creative liscence for the coloration, but it is roughly based on a broad-bill species. I used mostly Sennelier soft pastels on Wallis Museum pastel paper, which gave way to brilliant colors, and of course some alterations to the natural colors of the bird. Let me know your thoughts, I've got 9 more scheduled to come.......fun, fun, fun!

6 comments:

Samantha G said...

You captured the iridescence so well. Great painting!

Robert A Vollrath said...

You seem to have a magic touch when it comes to Hummingbirds:)

J said...

Your artwork is stunning...

I just found your site today and am very glad I did. :-)

sameer said...

amazing works stunned!

Gary Keimig said...

Just super. And those last 2 posts on insects are WOW! Paintings.

marianne said...

Wow Beautiful work!!!!