Amy's art in
progress.
See regular updates of
my progress on each new painting.
4.14.2011
Today I sketched out my newest painting. It is of some rare birds called Whooping Cranes that I saw off the Texas Coast. I will be building my stretcher for the canvas soon so it will probably take me a few days to start.
4.16.2011
Today I finished making my stretcher for the painting and I started painting. I am going to use a pattern for the water based on some photos that I took. We will see how it goes. So far so good...
4.17.2011
Starting to work on the patterns in the water. The idea to do these patterns came from a photo that I took of the water.
4.18.2011
More work on the water patterns.
4.19.2011
I started to add some colors to the water patterns as well.
4.20.2011
Today I tried to start figuring out the patterns on the left side of the painting. I am improvising the shapes over there because the photo that I took is not long enough. :)
4.21.2011
I am still filling in the shapes, or for the most part making up the shapes. :) There is something beautiful about reflections of light. It's as if mankind is eternally enamored with them. Or maybe that is just me.
4.24.2011 >>> Happy Easter! He is risen!!!
I worked on the light parts of the water and I changed the color of the grass.
4.25.2011
I started painting the whooping cranes today!
4.27.2011
The second whooping crane is started.
4.28.2011
More work on the second whooping crane.
4.30.2011
I added some darker areas to the green areas on the water to increase the contrast. I also painted the sky.
5.01.2011
I added some more green areas to the water and I also did some details on the birds. I added very very small cobalt blue lines around the cranes to make them appear to be closer to the viewer.
5.04.2011
I added some dark orange to the water. I also added some darker blues in the foreground.
5.05.2011
More work on the water.
5.06.2011
More work on the whooping cranes.
