I did the background to this at the same time I did "Free Yourself". Instead of painting the sparrow w/acrylics, I tried my hand at pan pastels. It definitely gives it a softer look. What I loved was being able to make the sparrow a bit translucent so that it was more intergrated w/ the background.
23 February 2012
Denise Livingston
Living life to the fullest with my family and through ART!
Lovely sparrow! He looks very determined to get to were he is going.
Love the colours.
Posted by: EVA | 25 February 2012 at 05:19 PM
Good job, the color of the background is very well highlight the bird in flight. Saludos
Posted by: Mari | 26 February 2012 at 07:45 AM
Lovely compositiion and color. Your sparrow turned out translucent and beautiful and seems to be soaring right out of the page with the stunning background you created...adore those patches of light, they give depth and movement.
Posted by: Annabelle | 26 February 2012 at 08:28 AM
Beautiful! I love the bubbles in the background.
Rinda
Posted by: rinda | 26 February 2012 at 10:43 AM
Yes, having some of the background show through is really a great effect. I like this a lot, it makes me want to learn to paint birds.
Posted by: carlarey | 26 February 2012 at 03:45 PM
I love the effect of the Pan Pastels... just beautiful!
Happy PPF!
Posted by: Helen Campbell | 28 February 2012 at 04:57 PM
awesome painting!
Posted by: froebelsternchen | 01 March 2012 at 02:38 AM
I do like the transparency also. Did not realize the effects of Pan Pastels. Blessings, Janet PPF
Posted by: JKW | 01 March 2012 at 08:19 AM