Feather Series - Parrot

Parrot Feathers - study

pencil and watercolor NFS

I would like you to meet Bonnie Marie.
She is 17 and ...you have to love this,
a Pionus Parrot.  I am lucky enough to follow
her owner's blog and she follows mine.
Check out this post about the feathers. Blanche Niznik

Blanche was good enough to mail me some stunning feathers.
I am lucky - the timing was great because it is molting time.
The feather with red must be on her tail. I am starting off with
several studies because trying to catch the iridescence is going
to take quite a few attempts.
Thank you so much Blanche - you have a heart of gold!

French Radish

French Radish

5x7in in 8x10 mat  acid free paper  $50.

(The paper is white but the sky must have placed the pale blue cast on it.)
The radish give-a-way winner will be announced on July 5th.
It was fun reading the comments and I know Jim will enjoy his responsibility.

When I was in California our son took me to the Farmers Market in Santa Cruz.
It was a bustling scene of many attractively arranged stalls of fruits and vegetables.
Our son knows everyone there and I enjoyed listening to the friendly banter at each
stall. This is him at one of his regular stops.

Artist Note
Wow. I would have loved to set up my easel here. I took lots of photos
and hope to paint some of them.
It was fun painting the long shape of the French Radish, but I bought  the regular radish too and
painted several interpretations of those.
(previous post and another one still to show.)