Yes, this is a real bird, native to SE Asia. It's painted from a nature photo, striving for as much realism as I could muster.

Thanks 😀

Thank you kindly. I keep trying. 😀

I have an entire blog of "more" right here. And, yes, I'm painting more, too. 😀

Thank you. 😀

Thank you 😀

Take a bath in Liquin, like her! 😜 Thanks for checking it out. 😀

Thank you Delilha 😀

Thanks 😀

Thank you Delilha 😀

Thank you 😀

Can you please untag me? It's getting on my nerves. Thank you.

Ausgezeichnet, aber gab es da auch was zu filmen? Ich bin früher viel und gerne geflogen, aber der Verbotswahn und die Angst vor dem bösen Russen nimmt mittlerweile Formen an, die nicht mehr feierlich

Prosit Neujahr! An den frz. Küsten ist mit der Drohne grundsätzlich Vorsicht angesagt. Es gibt viele Restriktionen, etliche davon militärisch (!), und da ist Ärger dann vorprogrammiert. Am Besten guckst

Thank you Delilha. 😀 No, I don't have a website anymore; too much expense and hassle. I mostly paint for my own amusement anyway. Only occasionaly I participate in local arts and crafts shows and sell

Thank you! 😀

Thank you kindly. 😀

Thank you. 😀

Same here: I,too, thought the cheap stuff is good enough for learning and I get to proper supplies later. Worked my way through all kinds of art media to find out what I like, and any supplies I could

Hi Josie, it's not that pastels aren't your medium, it's the pastels. You bought cheap wax crayons claiming to be pastels, and that's why you're frustrated. So it's not you! I went through the same. In