I saw this little bird outside a delicatessen in Cayucos a couple of years ago. It was perched on a metal post about three feet away from me and took a couple of pictures of it looking around. I thought it would be a good subject for some experimentation with abstract colors and background textures.
Every digital painting is an experiment and learning experience. Sometimes it they are exercises in letting go and breaking out of creative ruts and blocks.
So far most of the colors are solid. I’m working with some textures in the darker green at the bottom and the darker red at the top but haven't change the colors to bring out more of the texture. I have used a combination of Old Inker, Proko Pencil, Castell, and Old Oil brushes throughout the painting.
The finished painting with more textures added and emphasised and a few more details added. I tried something different with the texture in the red at the top by making lots of tiny circular strokes with the Old Oil brush using the same red as the fill. I used a darker shade of the red and the fill tolerance set to 2. Because of the tight texture the fill turned out unexpectedly uneven which made for a more interesting texture.
3000 x 3000 pixels, Infinite Painter 7, Galaxy Tab S7 tablet with S-Pen