goose painting 3 ~

I truly appreciated all the comments and encouragement I received on my goose painting yesterday.  Thank you ... that's what I needed ... someone to tell me not to trash it and keep at it.  I felt very discouraged with it; but I also wanted to keep going with it and prove to myself that I can oil paint.  

So...
I took your advice and kept at it ...

After looking it over and over and trying to figure out what was bugging me about this painting,  I came to the conclusion what was bothering me about the painting was that it looked like the goose had only one wing ~ and that wing was laying awkwardly across it's back ... there was no separation between it's wings.  Also, I thought it was too orangey looking ... it's not easy sometimes being colored blind and having to rely on reading the color on the paint tubes and hope that it's going to come out right ... or looking at a picture of something and trying to duplicate that color.

So....

With a lot of hesitation ... and then ... oh my gosh! what have I done ... look at this muddled mess ...
I gave the goose a wider wing,  two wings, a back area, tried to tone down the color a notch and added some slight shading ...

Oh my ... I am really screwing this goose!
 Now I was really ready to throw in the towel.

Now what?  So I took Jack's advice and gave it some legs ... or I should say, half legs.... the toes are in the water.  I tossed in some more feathers, and plopped some water on the page and today I'm at a whole new stage with painting my goose.

If this oil painting has proven anything to me ... it's the great admiration I have for those people who can slap out a painting a day!  Mercy ... I really am not that patient of a person ~ and oil painting is certainly teaching me patience.

I am not giving up on completing this painting.


Until next time ...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel