Bright bird

[radiantfracture]

It's miserable being sick, and it's also a surprising amount of work, but I did manage to paint this little study for a cardinal.

Comments

[isis]

It's a very nice cardinal!

I hope you feel better soon. Even mild covid is not really pleasant, but at least for me it was just a single day of misery, followed by a couple of days of meh ick.

[radiantfracture]

Thanks! I think I have turned the corner (knock wood).

[ursula]

It's pretty! It reminds me a little bit of Arts and Crafts tiles.

[radiantfracture]

Oh cool! I like that a lot.

[larryhammer]

Nice feathered brushwork.

[radiantfracture]

Thank you! I think I'm going to have to get one of those big magnifying glasses if I want to keep working at this scale.

[sabotabby]

Your "study" is better than my actual painting.

[anne]

My first thought too!

[radiantfracture]

Hey you! I went to catch up on your posts and realized I had missed some uh pretty important stuff.

What kind of painting do you like to do?

[anne]

Oh whoops my comment was misleading! Sorry about that....I quit drawing early. I mess around sometimes, but most of my non-job creativity goes to textiles and goofing around on fandom Discords.

[radiantfracture]

I don't actually know what makes something a study and not a painting TBH

[sabotabby]

I think it's whether you do a bigger, more complicated version of the thing after.

[sovay]

It's miserable being sick, and it's also a surprising amount of work, but I did manage to paint this little study for a cardinal.

It's a very nice cardinal.

[radiantfracture]

Thank you! I have a commission for a gift for a friend and want to do right by it.

[sartorias]

That is pretty!

[radiantfracture]

Cheers!

[sonia]

Lovely! And it looks like the cardinal echoes your sentiments with his beady eye.

[radiantfracture]

Ha, I did make that highlight awfully bright. Who knew it would impart such temperament.

[yhlee]

Oh, that's incredibly lovely!