Room to Improve (lots of pictures)

[SilverSage]

It's actually funny that you should say that as I was thinking the opposite; the parrot in question is a pionus, and I love how 'soft' the lack of contrast makes her look, so true to the typical pionus temperament.

 

[pycthedragon]

Thanks for the species identification on that one. I'm a bit biased towards intricate detail, lol. Don't get me wrong, OP, I adore your watercolour works. I wish I was that good, whenever I try watercolours it just looks like splatters of colour.

 

[SilverSage]

I am not sure exactly which one you are talking about, as he has two Pionus paintings. To me it looks like one White Capped Pionus and one Blue Headed Pionus. That's the thing I love about art though - it is so unique to the artist, and they can aim toward the "look" they desire, you know, like what they want to communicate? I could be way off, maybe he just likes the subtle colors, but I immediately thought of both of my female Pionus when I saw the soft colors. My male not so much

 

[EAI]

I love the barn owl ones the most.

The only thing that sticks out to me is the Gouldian Finches in the first post have the wrong beak shape, and some of them, like that blue-green parrot (lol I have no idea what that is) doesn't have enough contrast. I really love what you got here though. Keep it up.

I'm a bit biased towards intricate detail, lol. Don't get me wrong, OP, I adore your watercolour works. I wish I was that good, whenever I try watercolours it just looks like splatters of colour.

Yeah, the beaks really bothered me. I don't have much experience drawing softbill birds. That's mostly the reason why I use grid drawings. To make the proportions perfect.
I love some good intricate art as well. Hopefully I'm progressing more towards that. I was originally going to make the feathers but since I started at 11 pm (stopped at 3) I was way too tired to "complete" it.
But I did kind of feel that it was lacking the "paZOW" colors. I could definitely have added more color, but from what I experienced is that on 180 lbs of watercolor, layers start to ruin the painting. The next set of paintings will most likely be very bold.

 

[EAI]

It's actually funny that you should say that as I was thinking the opposite; the parrot in question is a pionus, and I love how 'soft' the lack of contrast makes her look, so true to the typical pionus temperament.

I never thought of it that way! After reading through comments about them I can see how it fits so well.

That's the thing I love about art though - it is so unique to the artist, and they can aim toward the "look" they desire, you know, like what they want to communicate? I could be way off, maybe he just likes the subtle colors, but I immediately thought of both of my female Pionus when I saw the soft colors. My male not so much

Yup! The colors were my main reason for painting them. I love how much the colors look like they blend or just crash together. I tend to go more subtle in the colors probably because of Agnes Cecile. Her work is my inspirational in watercolor, they are beyond stunning. Everyone should look her up . Other than that, it's based off of what was online as I typically go to pictures with more exposure.