Wind Blown Painted Bunting

[Steve Bein]

I intensified the background for a bit more saturation, used PB oil paint, adjusted the brush for effect and used layers to partially erase the head for more details.

Original posted of the Avian Forum.

[denise ippolito]

Steve, I like the filtering, I would try to get rid of the outline look on the bird if you can. Nice pose and interesting background.

[Steve Bein]

Denise,
I noticed the rim appearance. It is an effect of the PB. I did not change it from the PB result. I noticed that same effect on some of the PB oil paint results and they seem to be related to brush width.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Steve, good to know.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Steve, nicely processed! I love the PB effect on the background.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Beautiful colors. Really like the position of the bird, looking back over his shoulder. Nice processing.