FALL REFLECTIONS 9 x 13Yes, I have been on a big swan kick, painting and drawing them in all shapes and sizes. I couldn't help myself. This winter we had such wonderful viewing opportunities so of course I took a ton of pictures and now I want to use them. I think I am done for a while; here are a few I wanted to share with you. The first one is a pair of trumpeter swans that were settled in the water in the marsh area at the mouth of the Courtenay River on Vancouver Island. I juiced up the colors a bit and turned it into more of a fall scene. There were ducks, geese and swans everywhere but this pair were just settled quietly in their own little world. For me it was everything: love, caring, rest after a long migration and even a sense of safety, if that is even possible in the animal world.
MUTE SWAN 8 x 6This second picture is of a mute swan. They're slightly smaller than the trumpeter swans and also gather here along the west coast in the winter. She, well it just has to be a she for me, was gathered with a group of swans, ducks and geese looking for handouts from the people walking along a lagoon near Victoria. I loved the arch of her neck and the sparkle of the sun on her head and beak. I wanted to try drawing her in graphite without a background and still create that sense of white. (I know, I need to make easier challenges for myself.) It was a lot of fiddling with values because of course I complicated it a bit with the color but I think she worked.
10 comments:
Both lovely, Wendy
Lovely, wendy. I like the juiced up colors.
what a joy! how calm and serene, beautiful choice of colours on you background, really complementary to the angelic swans :) Jules
Love them both Wendy. brilliant pieces Wendy.
Keep them coming they are so elegant and beautifully painted.
Thanks ladies, I am pleased that you enjoyed the pictures. They are a very elegant bird and I was really trying to capture that.
Beautiful! I love (love) the swans, too, and you have done such a wonderful, graceful, painting of them.
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Thanks Sandy, in total I completed 5 different swan pictures and I enjoyed doing every single one of them.
Wendy the swans are beautiful, the white on white worked really well.
Stunning!
Thank you Gillian and Carol. We just got back from a little holiday weekend and I stopped to paint on a little bay. Guess what came swimming into the bay? Two swans!!
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