Saturday, December 12

MAGPIE

5"x7" Black Billed Magpie
A woodland ground forager, he will eat just about anything! He has a 22"to 24" wingspan, emagine that!

4 comments:

Julie Whitmore Pottery said...

Both Kim and I are hooting over here, this is beautiful!!!
xx

Susan Jenkins said...

Hooting?? Oh boy i LOVE that!! Hahahaha, thankyou!!

OX Susan

Gary said...

Hi Susan
It's my turn to commend you.
Magpies have got a wonderful magic sheen that is hard to describe ...you have captured it really well.
On my screen it looks as if the background is shimmering gold, like in an icon, but I guess it is a gorgeous grey of some flavour. I don't know if you can get gold in oils - I have often used it in acrylic to give a special effect.

susan jenkins said...

Hi Gary, thankyou so much. He was a delight to paint. The background is a silver grey with lavender and it photographed a gold.
Yes, you can buy gold and silver in oils!
Thanks again Gary, Im so enjoying your paintings!