Hungry Bird Final

After finishing the sketch on illustration board, I toned the board with a neutral acrylic wash. Next I put a layer of matte medium and proceeded with oil.

My daughter was very specific about the colors. It's supposed to match a quilt we made her little girl. The yellow is a true spectral hue but the blue is half way between weird blue green. Took me awhile to mix the exact shade. I couldn't get the tutu to look right so I changed her outfit (plus it was too much pink).

My camera was misbehaving so it's not exactly true to the real colors...a bit too bright. I will scan it when it's completely dry.

UPDATE: Here's the final scan. Big difference in color.

Hungry Birds Revised

Quick workup on this "Hungry Birds" sketch. It's now "Bird", singular. Again, the sketch is scanned and played around with in Photoshop. Will now print out on watercolor paper and paint like crazy.

Hungry Birds and little 'e'

One of my daughters had her first baby a year ago. She loves birds and has decorated little E's room with them. She has asked if I would paint a picture for her birthday. Instead of "Angry" birds, I changed them to "Hungry" ones.  Scanned in the sketch and the fabric scraps from her quilt and played around with some ideas. This is digital paint just to see how things might look. Don't know if I should go with a more flat pattern or more realistic. I also don't know if I should crop it down to just little 'e' and the one hungry birdie? Opinions??