woyww - Merry Christmas

As my christmas day comes to a peaceful end I wish all the lovely crafters in the
 northern hemisphere a merry christmas with a touch of 

WA red flowering gum (Corymbia ficifolia).

woyww - introducing Rio

His name is "Rio" and he kept me busy painting for a 

month of Sundays.

Painting flowers next for pleasant change.

Have a lovely WOYWW.

woyww - quick splash of red

Sometimes it's the quick paintings

 that bring 

a sense of satisfaction.

Apologies for the poor lighting.

Happy Woyww.

woyww - card making after a feathery month

A little bit of christmas card making this week.  

A refreshing change to painting feathers.  

Just in case you are wondering scroll down to see the finished piece.

  Quite pleased how the two little birds finished up.  

Reminds me of a passage from

the old prayer book....

"He shall defend thee under his wings and

thou shalt be safe under his feathers"

Have a lovely woyww week.

woyww - slow and steady

Slow and steady is probably the most positive way to think about 

painting these little birdies.

Hope you woyww is a bit more fast paced.

woyww - the Tawny frogmouth "owl" that is not an owl

The Tawny frogmouth "owl" that keeps looking back at me.

Let me tell you why I missed posting in August.  It's a bit of a long winded story, bare with me or just comment and move on.  I perfectly understand.

Every year I donate a couple of paintings to a fund raiser event  for a local charity and they always do well.  So this year I heard that one of the executives on the charity has a liking for Owls.  So... I launched into getting permission from the photographer to paint the Tawny Frogmouth Owl.  Drew it up and started painting. Only to be questioned by DH "Is it really an owl?" A quick google search discovered DH was on the mark.  

Abandoned the Tawny frogmouth owl (a mouthful to say and type) and then painted Tyto Alba (see previous post) and got it framed and to the auction in the nick of time.  

But, the Tawny frogmouth owl (apparently not an owl but loosely related to the nightjar!) is still sitting on my desk looking at me. We are not on speaking terms currently.

I have moved on to drawing up ideas for a possible Xmas card workshop.  Amazing the distractions one can find to avoid painting.

Hope your week is a good one.

Barn owl (Tyto Alba)

Tyto Alba aka common Barn Owl.

 Painted in the wonderful granulating DS water colours.