That Hairy Woodpecker is a superb composition, and would do well as a finished painting. Nice jobs!
You're an ambitiuos lad, John, starting with such large paper. It will be interesting to see how this develops. Ah those Ring-necked Ducks. After seeing them for about a week I ws still calling them Ring-billed Ducks. I can't begin to figure out why.
Lovely ringnecks - and Ken, I wouldn't worry - ring-billed duck is what we call them in French - fuligule à bec cerclé!
Well, I'm close to being done on this one. I decided to stop before I went too far, and let it 'age' a bit before doing anything more. There are a couple of touch-up things I need to do yet at a minimum but overall I think I'm about as far as I need to go.
This is watercolor with some gouache and about 14 x 20 inches.
What do you folks think?
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I'm just going to say, whatever you do for the finishing touches, keep them to a minimum - what a splendid piece!