This is a back-dated post for my archive project, where I am copying over every piece of art I have ever submitted to DeviantArt, with the original submission date or watermarked year stamp, so a complete archive of my work can be found on this website, even if the item was never or is no longer displayed in my portfolios.

Originally posted on September 18, 2009. WIP image posted on June 27, 2009.

Oil paint on canvas board 8″x16″
Two sittings
Reference: [link] by ~stockmichelle

Yay for decent brushes! I was able to finish the second wing and the tail with the level of detail I had expected to accomplish in the initial sitting. Because the upper wing was already painted in, I used medium to create layering and clean up the lines. The rest of the bird was painted by laying down the black paint for the background, and then adding white paint and mixing directly on the canvas. If it hadn’t been for the issue with the brushes, this painting could have been done in one sitting.

Oil paint on canvas board 8″x16″
One sitting

I am officially frustrated by the poor quality of my brushes. It took forever to get this much done because my brushes won’t do what I want them to. On the bright side, the awful things they are doing on this painting will work perfectly when painting fur….