Currently on the easel:

On our recent trip to two National Parks we went to a small wooded area where we usually photograph Ospreys on their nest. We were a little early for the Ospreys so we continued walking and found small ponds where Yellow Warblers were staking their territories and looking for mates.

The painting I have started is a composition made from three different photos. It will be a water scene.....hence the double image with the lower half the reflection.

I again prepared the canvas in the usual manner and painted a dark, olive green underpainting. When this was dry I transferred my drawing onto the canvas using white graphite paper. I used a brighter graphite paper because sometimes the darker one is too hard for my aging eyes to see.