One Last Spool (Nest of Thread XIII)

Originally I set out to make a quail in black and cream and gold.  As time went by she seemed less quail-like and ended up without a plume and perched on a box over her clutch of eggs.  I always save the empty wooden spools because I really love them and I was glad to use them here. 

Here is a closer photo from above and indoors. 

I painted her legs several times over and I'm really happy with how they are now - gold with dry-brushed black at the tops and lighter gold tips at the ends. 

I hope you are having a happy Halloween. Stella is trick-or-treating as a cow and Roxanne as a bumble bee, equipped with a bejeweled larva necklace of her own design.  I carved 8 pumpkins this week. We made a witch and a ghost to put out front and we're expecting over a hundred trick-or-treaters before 6:30 this evening.  Pictures to come!

Comments

[Maritza]

I really love the bird's whole pose/stance - it's beautiful.

Happy Halloween to you and yours!

[Linda Dunn]

Your birds are incredible. Keep making art while the little ones grow. In the house of my dreams, I'd have one of your birds on the mantle piece.