Finished this piece with my newly bought gouache tubes. A bit weird though, having so got used to watercolor. This dark bird has a fantail and I wonder how it feels being amid of colorful flowers. Hmm ain't black is one of the colors too?

Yesterday, I bought this huge book, some sort of encyclopedia book of natural organism on earth. I love painting birds, flowers, butterflies, and I want to know what I paint; name, species, breed, and their natural habitat. And while finding this book brought thrill and excitement to me, there is one section of this book that I want to get rid of… for good. The reptiles section, that is. Oh God knows how scared I am of those things, so I asked hubby to glue all the pages that has snakes and worms picture in it, and poor hubby, he had to go through all six hundred over pages to filter out those haha.
This is a yellow-bellied prunia bird, found in South East Asia. I adore the yellow-bellied with a contrast darker shade on its head and back.

Alright, my first attempt in painting bird. A little bit intimidated when doing its wing, but overall satisfied with the result :D

Hey, does the birdie looks like a pregger birdie to you? haha I only realized it after finished painting.

I love this day, it's a reminder that I've received the most wonderful gift, a Son of God, that is.

I got so inspired looking at birds illustrations that I just had to try to make one myself. So here's my love birds. It's only a doodle, I'm planning to make a bigger watercolor version of it.