the last painting in the series

is off to a good start.....
or at least a start of sorts

i miss the birds though
there isn't anything alive in this painting..... but i guess it is the fitting end to a series about the life contained within a nest
i am sort of thinking of the next series and planning my field trip to the bird farm for the game birds, chickens and peacocks

i still need to think of a filler series too
and i would like to do some fairy tales as well if i can figure out something

meanwhile i am also beginning to work on some botanical stuff...here and there
i need to learn to use the colored pencils better as well

i also wish to tell you all.... that the rosemary & co series 33 and series 22 watercolor brushes are acceptable.....i am working with two of them at the moment and i am so far not missing my dragon's tongue at all!

now considering that my brushes need to be extensions of my eyes...... that is a very good thing

i tried to use the kalish pointed round in size 4 but that point wasn't pointed enough for the way i paint details

i am going to try their extended rounds, and detail rounds, and i am most definitely going to put in another rosemary & co order...i need flats and brights, some daggers, half liners...... and a couple of decent sized wash brushes

i think my next series is going to be on half sheets too..... so i need to cut six
that will give me 12 half sheets

in studio news, i am trying to get my little corner a bit more organized....i try and do a bit here and there
and i am also trying to put together a portable studio for when i go to the bird farm- even though i won't be painting, i will need to do some color studies i think.......
mostly i am going to be photographing the birds for paintings later in the studio
as how i paint really isn't conducive to out in the field- for one thing i take too damn long! ..... even if it was only three days (which it isn't anymore.... it's more like a week to 14 days now)...... i still wouldn't be able to do what i do in the wind and the bugs and the sun

ohohoh, i planted cucumber, beans and more lettuce seeds but only on the deck
i really haven't been out to the garden as i am worried about falling....
i have to get the insurance company to ok the referrals to the other specialists and get that done soon

oye
ok chicklets
off i go to pain