If you follow my blog, you already know I love to paint pelicans. They are such an interesting bird. This guy is on a 14x18 canvas and done in oils with brush and knife work. I used the knife to put in the foreground rocks. I like the texture it gives and makes the subject stand out so well. I wasn't going to put in the wildflowers that were there, but had a second thought how more color would make the painting more interesting. The pelican was swimming in the waterway at the Matagorda, TX harbour when I got this photo to use for reference. The painting is still wet and I may do some tweeking on it after it is dry. Maybe not?
I have another painting in progress of a sunrise over Lavaca Bay with an oyster boat and crew already hard at work. To get the good photos to paint from, sometimes we have to get up real early. I have several photos from that morning in the clip to paint.
Let us pray before we paint,
Jimmie@jimmiesart.com
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