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One of my Pet Portraits students has\u00a0completed\u00a0their course and passed with distinctions and you can find a detail of the painting below on the honours list page. I asked Lisa if she\u00a0would\u00a0be able to write a\u00a0little\u00a0about the Woodpecker painting and how it came about,\u00a0i hope you enjoy her story of the painting from concept to completion!<\/p>\n

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One of the final assignment exercises was any animal with complete background. I chose the woodpecker because I love the way his colours are enhanced by the stormy rain-laden sky. \u00a0The photograph was taken during stormy conditions on a Christmas break at our favourite holiday cottage in the Scottish highlands.\u00a0The camera was set up on a tripod overlooking the\u00a0bird feeder\u00a0and taken through a patio door.\u00a0I felt the effect of the dull grey sky slightly blurred by the horizontal rain would be perfect for my background.\u00a0 I added some hints of trees through the mist as I wanted to put the bird in a natural setting.\u00a0Unfortunately the woodpecker was on a peanut feeder and he had curled his tail around for balance which meant I couldn’t use a straight tree trunk.\u00a0I spent many an hour studying trees in our local area to find a branch that would suit.\u00a0Eventually I found this one on the internet.\u00a0I did a mock up on Photoshop and the woodpecker fitted perfectly. In the original photograph the feeder was on the upper branches of a birch tree the bottom of the photograph shows the tops of the lower branches.\u00a0 I used these branches to represent the top of a hedge and draw the eye upwards.<\/p>\n

I chose pastel to get the softness of the feathers and blurred background.\u00a0I used Koh-I-Noor soft pastels for the background and a mixture of Faber Castell pit pencils and\u00a0Derwent\u00a0pastel pencils for the detailing.\u00a0The paper used was art spectrum colourfix rose beige to enhance the slight pinkness of the bird\u2019s chest.\u00a0I rubbed the soft pastel in with my finger to create the blurred background and then added the foreground on top filling in detail with the pastel pencils.\u00a0The black was created using burnt umber and ultramarine blue using the black pencil only in the darkest places.\u00a0If you look at black birds they are never true black but have hints of iridescent blue, purple and greens.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this painting and the course overall. It reignited my interest in wildlife and has really given a boost to my confidence having been knocked back in the past.\u00a0I would like to make a future career with my art something I never thought possible before.\u00a0As I am a lover of wildlife and nature I think this is the area I would like to go down, hopefully selling through galleries and my own website.<\/p>\n

Lisa – Pet Portraits Diploma<\/p>\n

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