Hi again,
as promised, I thought I’d show you my latest feather paintings which are all of one of my favourite countryside creatures, the hare. I have been lucky to see some wild hares while walking locally – once even during a hawk walk at Puxton! They are as fast as greased lightning so as yet I haven’t been able to get any decent photographs to work from so these paintings have been developed from sketches I made from the TV – a very helpful resource when the ‘real thing’ is unavailable!
These are feathers I have collected while out and about. The first one I think is a duck or goose feather and the last three are all pigeon feathers. They are much smaller and softer than the large goose wing feathers I began painting on a few months ago, but thankfully still provide a firm enough surface to paint on! I love the gradation of colour from black, white to grey of the pigeon feather – it makes an interesting background to work on.
Today I had a lucky find in my ‘studio’ (or glorified art storage room!) when I came across 3 lovely box frames which I had used for some encaustic art work I made a couple of years ago. I’m all up for recycling, so I’ve already taken out the old paintings in preparation for replacing them with feathers!! As lovely as feathers are, a good frame can make all the difference and of course, offers all important protection for such a delicate object.
Next time, I’ll be able to show you a series of miniature paintings I’ve been working on, so watch this space! Until then, happy painting,
Mandi 😉
Hares are such great charaters, and you have captured their livliness,well done.
Thank you Pam, its always lovely to get feedback! xx
Thanks Bob, yes it really is lovely being able to work on a beautiful piece of nature itself – particularly when painting an image of a bird on one of its own feathers!! I will definitely be posting more pictures soon, so watch this space! 🙂 x