Cavalcade of Colours show and sale, Onaping Falls, Ontario

There were many, many beautiful entries in this show so I was quite thrilled when I found out my little blue jay painting earned this Honorable Mention Award ribbon! He would make a truly unique and affordable gift for someone special this coming holiday season...please contact me for details.

"Dressed in Blue"

pastel

4x6

Available

Blue Jay Bird Painting in Pastel

Painting this bird in blue will give me an excellent opportunity to produce Christmas cards. Along with the similar red cardinal in snow scene that was previously painted, both will be available as cards in the near future.

 

On this last step of the painting, I completed the belly, wing and tail feathers as well as the branch and foot. I redefined more of the pine branches to darken the background a bit more. And voila, here is my "little prince in blue"!

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"Dressed in Blue" Blue Jay
pastel
4" x 6"
 

Work in progress of blue jay painting

In this step I refined the shape of the Jay's beak and created a three dimensional shape using shades of gray and white on black pastel. After completing the eye and white feathers around the eye and throat, I was excited to finally add some gorgeous blue feathers!

I then defined the black  markings which now gives this bird the unmistakable look of a Blue Jay.

 

On the next step, I will begin to add the background so that I can finish the wispy look of the feathers at the back of the crest.

 

 

With the background complete, I can now redefine outline of the crest feathers.

 

 

New Painting of Bird in Blue

This is the first step on the progress of  my newest small painting of a blue jay in winter. Although blue jays are popular birds to paint and photograph, I had yet to paint this lovely subject. I am using mainly pastel pencils due to the small working space of only 4"x6", but also the square and round sticks for the less defined areas and underpainting.