The Bird House
Artist: Claude Chapdelaine
Title: The Bird House
Year: 2014
Medium: Acrylic
Size: 12"x12"x1" canvas with black lacquered wood frame
Price: $150.00
The following series of photos contain the different steps I took to bring a drawing on a canvas and turn it into a bird's house attached to a tree.
The canvas is 10x10 inches. Used a B pencil to outline the primary image I had in mind.
First colour was Burnt Sienna.
I added maple leafs falling from higher unseen branches
and painted them Cadmium Red Deep hue.
I covered the background with a Light Blue Violet.
I used Yellow Ochre and Burnt Umber to texturize the tree bark.
Once I finished the painting, I took a water based black marker to create and enhance the edges of the tree and the branches.
For the tree house, I used Yellow Oxide, Cadmium Orange Hue and some Raw Sienna.
Once the painting was dry, I applied one layer of Acrylic Gloss Medium to give it a little extra shine.
I framed it with Wallack's Float/Step black frame.
