Parrot-Final

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Finished.

Parrot-Day 6

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The foliage needed to be brightened, so most of it has been overpainted. The shell ginger flowers still need work.

Parrot-Days 4 and 5

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I've been working on the feathers before I finish out the foliage.

Parrot-Day 3

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Adding detail to foliage catch as catch can lately.

Parrot-Day 2

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Just laid in washes today so I could see how the parrot will look against all that green.

Parrot-Day 1

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This doesn't show up very well, but I'm sketching a parrot on a 12 x 24-inch canvas board. The parrot was photographed by a friend on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. I'm taking it out of its urban setting in favor of tropical shell ginger.