The bird itself is obviously where I spend all my time. I tried to give it a more detailed background, but it just detracted from the bird. Perhaps, because the subject is obviously blown up several times larger than life, it makes sense the background is just a blurry green.
The "new" thing I tried in this painting was the eye. Instead of painting on a reflection to give it dimension, I just added a lot of paint - about 6 thick coats of dioxazine purple - until I actually had an eye ball with shape, dimension and its own reflection.
I also used the Golden-brand open acrylic titanium white (blended with pthalo blue and hansa yellow) which gave me a lot of time to work the feathers into the soft layers you see. It will be in my studio at 2110 K street in Sacramento starting next week. If you're in the area, so drop on by to see it in person.
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