Progression

This is the progression of a painting, From sketch to watercoloured and inked to the final acrylic, It is 10" x 12".
Baltimore Oriole. They used to nest in an elm
at my parents house.
I used to watch them
for hours, building their
pendant nest, dangling
away in a hanging
branch.
I didn't see them for
many years after that,
till about three years
ago, that I saw one again in a peach tree near where I now live. I like to paint the birds I have seen as the experience lends a lot of life to them. I like the decorative side of things, so I put a bit of that into things too.