On this wonderfully sunny day (as I painted this), it seemed appropriate to use the chinese brush painting to paint an Oriole! Hopefully it will help brighten your day.
This brush painting is done with three different inks. Of course, I used Noodler's Black. the red and yellow are also Noodler's Ink.
The only downside of the yellow is that it will need to be mounted behind a sheet of UV protecting glass or acrylic. It tends to fade with exposure to UV light. Still both the yellow and red are very rich in tone and saturation.
You might wonder how I go about doing these paintings. I'm using Jane Dwight's The Chinese Brush Painting Bible. It is chock full of examples of various animals, fish, birds, plants, and flowers. I use it as a reference to learn how to do the painting. I then add the twist of using Noodler's inks instead of chinese watercolors. And I use my M. Graham watercolors, not the chinese watercolors. The difference is that the chinese watercolors tend to be made with a shellac type agent to help keep the watercolor pigment in place when it is wetted during the mounting process. I find a gentle touch with the brushes during the mounting process minimizes the amount of bleeding of the watercolors.
So, here's hoping you enjoy today's effort.
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