a glimpse of one of the 'fails'

occasionally a painting is a total fail, and i recycle it.

2nd painting of a
chipping sparrow-recycled

i figured that i would show you all a total fail, and it only got worse after this!

there are elements of this chipping sparrow that worked but then overall it just was not something that made my heart leap when i set the brush down.....then i made it worse by redoing the background sort of an orange purple too. 

 also he's cramped into the plane of the painting, which made me feel like he was captured and flattened, not the feeling i wanted at all....so this is one of my recycles...

now the elements that did work for me, actually it was the colors! i really LIKED this the way it was as far as the colors go...and the modeling of the bird itself- and i even liked how the shadows and modeling of the branch came out...just enough without being over done but overall it just was not right.

on the plus side, HE is actually looking like a SHE since there is an egg bulge. 

*  anyone who is involved with birds on a daily basis will know exactly what that is-for the rest, it's the bulge just under the tail, indicating that an egg is waiting to be laid. i have ducks, chickens and budgies here, mainly girls, so that is something we notice   *

now my point being?

well each painting teaches the artist something, even a failure.

keeping trying as it is about the process of correcting what you did wrong, and reaching further towards what you feel is right.
repeating what you did right while stretching your comfort area with each different painting
and THAT part should never stop for an artist who's interested in growing.

3rd chipping sparrow

here is the third one i did of a chipping sparrow- i don't think the bird is quite as well modeled as the last one but i do believe there is more 'air' around him....

this was/is all part of the process i went through doing the work for the card project. i have nest paintings too the either didn't make it into the line up although they were good, because they didn't 'fit' the look

i though folks may find it interesting to see some of the 'out takes' that happened with this project

now as soon as i get a voice BACK, i intend on doing the voice over for the slide show...then this project goes live on kickstarter.....