I have completed my latest painting and I am very happy with it! I’ve been working on my birds by painting them onto practice pages and have been determined to have them match the rest of the impressionistic view of flowers that I like to  paint. I feel I have succeeded in doing so and that they make a perfect complement to the pretty cherry blossoms in this painting.

I have crackled the background to give it a more ‘rustic’ feel that I think suits it well. It’s also my largest painting to date at 20″ x 24″ and I’m slowly building towards the 36″ x 48″ painting I have planned for next week!

I’d love to hear your feedback on what you like about this painting, what could be improved and what other paintings you would like to see me tackle. I’ll pick on idea of those submitted and make it a post of photo progressions so that you can see how I build up the layers of my paintings!