Little Chickadee

6x6 mixed media on board


Cecelia's necklace left, mine right

Had a crazy couple of weeks that sort of took the wind out of my sails, so painting took a back burner for a little. In the meantime Cecelia and I did some beading with beads we picked up at the flea market a couple of weeks ago. Cecelia made me the butterfly pendant to cheer me up. She did such a good job on it that I told her she should sell them. Then she decided that she wanted to donate some of it to Child Fund International like I did for the art show. So she plans to start making them soon. I promised I would post them here when she is ready.

The painting is from a photo I took of a little bird last spring. I LOVE these little birds. They are so sweet! I just ordered a bunch of boards to make various backgrounds. This one is from an 1853 Godey's Lady's Book with some texture added to it. The white on the background is actually sheer shimmer that doesn't show that white in real life. I am excited to see how these work out!