Redstart

16 hours ago

Sometimes seen around the beck, near the wooded end, darting around in search of insects – sometimes spectacular vertical climbs.

Easiest seen against the darker background of the river banks and undergrowth, there are few of the summer visitor around here.

This painting could be described as one of my transition works, although of course it wasn’t meant to be! I still have an idea in my mind as to what I want them to look like, though it’s hard to get over the illustration training and the use of small pointy brushes!

Having said that, this was done with two flat brushes and a No.5 round for the eyes, feet and insect only. The paint was slower drying Alkyd instead of Acrylic. tbc