Y'day I worked on the turkeys. For quite some time and this is as far as I've gotten. At least they look more like turkeys and less like geese.
I also changed the colors of the hens.
Worked on the faces. Realized Mom's head seems too small for her body.
My current palette. Some kind of plastic container lid.
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This is coming along. It DOES seem to take forever to work on something in oils doesnt it? I seem to keep going over and over something but then all of a sudden it is done. I still havent finished my sheep painting. been to busy. Keep up the good work and have fun doing it.
BTW...Thanks for the Anniversary wish this morning. :)
I think this is going to be wonderful, love the colors and the whole compostion.
A bright palette which makes me happy and playful :-)
Turkeys seem like a hard subject to paint. I commend you for your perserverance.
this is looking great so productive, i'd love to paint that palette, those colours are vibrant.
Suki - thanks for dropping by my blog! I left some comments for you on your poem below and also the answer to your question is back on my blog. I also have to thank you for providing a link to Elizabeth's blog - I love Marrakesh. I've enjoyed looking at your turkey portraits! A long time ago, I had to write a paper on turkey behaviors (which meant long days spent with turkeys) ... your work brought back some enjoyable (and not so enjoyable) memories! ha ha :)
Hi Suki,love to watch your progress on this painting, which is already beautiful, nice palette!
Cris, I love oils though. They are so forever changeable and so buttery in texture. i think my main problem is seeing, as an artist and observer. It takes me a long time too to see what I need to do in a painting.
Mim, thanks. Others have commented on composition in my paintings. That's one thing that sort of just happens, I don't think much about that part. But the colors and shapes I do work hard at.
Britt-arnhild, I guesss the palette is bright although my colors look dull to me sometimes when I see the whole picture. It is interesting.
Katie--one of my better traits is perseverence. I read a comment once that talent is plentiful, perseverence rare. And it is the perseverence I think that moves one along although maybe slowly. The turtle pace, you know. I sometimes try things that are difficult three, four plus times. Till finally it either works or I chuck it.
thanks FY. YOur colors are often bright and cheerful too me thinks.
honor--I thank you for stopping by and will check out yr comments on my poem directly. I chuckle at the idea of writing a paper on turkey behaviors. We have a gaggle of wild turkeys that cross through the field fairly often so I get to observe them but at a distance.
Thanks Andrea. The encouragement I receive from yourself and others helps me plod onward. Hurrah.
Hi Suki! I really love what's happening in this painting. The colors and soft focus are very peaceful. I wouldn't worry about proportions. The head looks fine to me and the painting is so evocative.
i love this painting...there is something in it making me so calm... i love the woman's posture...
your pallette is very cute...
Cath, thanks for stopping by. I clicked on your name and got nothing but I'll try again. Thanks for the reassurance about proportions. Usually I make heads too big but often when I change the painting to what I think are better proportions I ruin the painting.
hb i think the little plastic top palette makes me feel more like a child and as if I'm playing. Good attitude to have when creating I think.
Great work Suki. The turkey is really getting real!
love the palette, looks like a glass stained mandala to me
Marianne, that's so funny that you see a mandala in the little palette. I threw it away, as it was getting too crowded but now I wish I'd pressed a sheet of paper against it to get the pattern.
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