Cardinal

Another wintery scene, but then again it is winter time, so to be expected.

I took a special one day painting class to learn about washes and layering of color in order to do this bird.  Would you believe that there are 15 layers of red paints in this bird - each just a little darker?

The effect this makes is hardly shown in this scan but it is quite an intriguing effect in person.

But, I was to learn about the concept of glazing and ponder how to apply this to my painting attempts.