Bird On A Limb

I painted this bird from a photo. Not sure what type of bird it is and I need a name for the painting. If you have any suggestions, please send them on.

Thank you very much,
Marian

My Napa Cabbage

My friend Lorance showed me his book of Edward Weston's photography. I was struck by a photo of a cabbage leaf and decided that would be a good subject to paint -- good design. So I went to a few grocery stores but could not find the A shape I was looking for in any cabbage leaves.

I spent $4 for the most photographic cabbage and took the Napa cabbage home to photograph. Of all the photos I took, I liked two photos/designs and my mother helped me select this image to paint.

I used five colors sap green, lemon yellow, ultramarine purple, and indian red/brown madder (? not sure which) and the deep background was glazed with indigo.

This one took me a lot of painting sessions. All those curly queues got tedious!!

How I Steam My Hand Painted Scarves

I created a page showing how I steam my silk scarves here.




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La Boca Hand Painted Silk Scarf

La Boca
$95.00

Size: 54x8 inches

I painted another scarf this weekend. This one is dark grey with the image of lady in red that I saw posing in La Boca -- Buenos Aires, Argentina. The lady is painted on either end of the scarf and umbrellas are in the middle.

The scarf was supposed to be black but I must not have steamed it long enough so it ended up grey. The charcoal color is softer than a stark black would have been. On both ladies, the mouth gave me the most trouble. The dye ran too much. I think it is funny because 'la boca' means 'mouth' and both mouths are too big. Appropriate??!:)

Note: The image shown is a small subset of the full scarf. > Click here
to go to my website where you can see the three painted sections of the scarf and purchase.