The bird is the word

[Bartc]

Today's effort after a long drought. Not from life nor from a reference photo, rather from memory, but painted in situ on the docks. I'm not really practiced at animals. 11.5x9.5" pastel on Dark Gray PastelMat. Redwood City, CA. B. Charlow 2022

 

[CaliAnn]

Nice one Bart - love those purples!

 

[Artyczar]

Very original. Love it!

 

[Enyaw]

lots of carrots in that diamond .. nice colors.

I'm not really practiced at animals

wouldn't worry about the bird .. you can get the values .. they do more than a bird can do ...

 

[Donna T]

Nice plein-memory painting, Bart. The bird works for me!

 

[Bartc]

Thanks, Folks.
What's odd is that I had seen the heron or egret fishing amidst the rocks by the dock, shot a photo on my phone, and by the time I got set up the tide had covered the rocks and the bird moved on to better fishing. I don't like to paint from photos and thought I had a good composition in my head, so went ahead and painted without reference to the photo. Preferred to be more creative than precise.
You won't believe that when you see the photo, to which I referred later at home!

 

[Triduana]

I love the way you've painted the water. The bird is just fine.