Red-Crested Cardinal (Work In Progress)

Reference Photo of Red-Crested Cardinal

by Carol Reynolds

I took this reference photograph of the Brazilian or Red-Crested Cardinal some time ago at Bellows Beach on Oahu, Hawaii.   He was finding something to nibble on in this fallen, broken open coconut.  I am thinking about the title "Slim Pickings" for the finished painting     :-)      Below are stages of the work in progress.

First Stage WIP   

I almost always begin with a rough color "sketch" in oil on canvas or panel.   

Stage 2 WIP

Red-Crested Cardinal 

11" x 14" oil on gessobord panel

The painting is still in a very rough beginning, and it needs to dry before I go on to the next stage with more detail.   Please return soon to view the completed painting.

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Red Jungle Fowl Oil Painting ( Work In Progress)

 

 

Work In Progress

Red Jungle Fowl

16" x 20" Oil on gessobord panel

 

 

This oil painting of Hawaiian Red Jungle Fowl is what I have been working on all this past week.  It still needs a lot of work to bring it to completion, but I wanted to share with you what I have been up to.     Below are various stages of the painting's development.

 

 

 

Stage One  - Work In Progress

 

After completely covering the panel in a thin coat of acrylic pyrrol red, I roughly laid in the composition with splashes of color.  

 

 

Stage Two  -Work In Progress

Acrylic

 

 

Stage Three - Work In Progress

Acrylic and Oil

 

In stage three I began using oil paints, mostly in the background trees and foliage.   The reddish burgandy plants are native Ti or Tea Leaf foliage plants.  I have one on my patio and they come in various shades of red, green, and varigated leaves.  

 

Please return soon for the completed painting of Hawaiian Red Jungle Fowl.

 

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Wood Duck - Work In Progress

Wood Duck - Work In Progress

12" x 16" Acrylic on panel 

This is a brand new start on a favorite subject of mine - the Wood Duck drake, but also the ripples and colors in the water are always fascinating for me to paint.  This image was photographed outside.  Below is a photo taken inside on my easel.  Note the difference .....

Colors always look bluer when photographed outside; however, the lights inside on this photo is not 100% true either.   I am also working on other paintings, so please check back real soon !

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Seven Koi Among Seven Waterlilies

6" x 6" Acrylic on canvas

$300

This is a brand new miniature that was a so enjoyable for me to paint !  Well, I always enjoy painting no matter what !   But this was a subject that I had not painted in several years and it felt so natural and comfortable to be painting Koi and waterlilies once again.    It was such a wonderful experience for me that I have started another similar miniature but with a different arrangement and only one waterlily.     Please visit here again soon to see this new work.  

Remember, I enjoy all your comments and any questions you may have.   As always, shipping is free if you live in the USA.  

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Hanauma Bay Resident

12"x16" Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas

This painting was a joy to paint !  I love to paint roosters as they are so colorful and pretty--  oops, handsome!  Wild jungle fowl are abundant on all the Hawaiian Islands.    For the most part they are skittish of people,  but this guy and some hens were not so shy and one of the hens even laid an egg right near me as I photographed them at Hanauma Bay,  a popular snorkeling beach on the island of Oahu .    Besides the beach there, there is a park and lots of surrounding brush, etc, where I suppose the jungle fowl called home,  thus the title of the painting.     Below is a photo I took overlooking Hanuama Bay.

Hanauma Bay - Oahu, Hawaii

 You can easily see the coral in the ocean shown in this photograph.   Lots of colorful fish and turtles for the snorkeler to enjoy here.    The water is not very deep at all for quite a ways from the beach itself.    This bay is more on the Southeast side of Oahu, near the suburb called Hawaii Kai. 

Please feel free to contact me if interested in the painting above or any other artwork you may like to purchase on this blog.   I welcome your comments and questions !

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"Greeting The Morning - Wood Duck"

                                                               6" x 8" Acrylic on panel
                                                                           $350


I had a grand time painting this!   Wood ducks are my favorite to paint in the waterfowl family.   This painting will be shipped -unframed-  free within the USA and shipping elsewhere will be $14.00. Please feel free to contact me at reynoldsrenditions@gmail.com or 808.536.0650 .

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                                                         June 1, 2011


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Basically the 8"x10"  painting will be given away in a drawing on June 1 this year, but only to one of  those who have subscribed  to  my monthly newsletter at that website   http://reynoldsrenditions.com/email-newletter      .  Sorry , but personal friends and family members are not eligible for this give away.   

Thank you for viewing my art and please visit again soon !                         

"Wake-up Songs"

                                                     9" x 12" Acrylic on canvas
                                                                $ 625


This house finch and his buddies use to wake me up in the early mornings with their cheerful songs.  One day I took a few photos of them on my patio and this is the resulting painting. I believe they were after the fruit type berries found on the palm trees.  May paint more of this bird in the future.   They were introduced to Hawaii  from California before 1870.

Study - South American Ringed Teal

                                                               6" x 8" Acrylic
                                                                     $350


My very first time to paint this particular duck.   It is found, for the most part, in the Amazon Basin of South America.    No, I did not go to South America to take the reference photos, but instead found this fella and several of his friends on the fantastically landscaped grounds of the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki.   I was just thrilled to discover several types of waterfowl and parrots at this excellent hotel/resort.   There will be more paintings from there in the near future.