It’s funny that even after painting birds for decades, there are some more common species that I just never got around to painting. Yellow-rumped Warblers are easy to find here in Michigan during migration, but this is my first time painting one. I never had taken the right photo reference. Last year’s fall family birding trip to northern Ohio paid off with an unbelievable volume of “butter bums” that posed for dozens and dozens of photos. You may see more before long.
I usually try to do something different to stretch my skills on each painting. On this one I was trying to use a more subdued color palette in the background and to bring in some clouds. I am typically attracted to more saturated colors and contrast, so holding things back a notch and trying to be more subtle was hard.
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