I started this loosely painted Killdeer chick yesterday. I use my normal palette of ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, Indian yellow, and titanium white. Instead of applying thin glazes of individual color, I am adding the colors on the canvas and mixing them as I paint. I will keep it in the studio for awhile to see if anything nasty jumps out and begs to be changed. Then I will put the finishing glazes on.
Every year we have Killdeer nesting at the airport. This year I saw two different clutches running around with their parents noisily doing their broken wing distraction. When I see this behavior, I quickly look behind me and see the young chicks running for the grass. The chicks grow fast, so these puffballs with legs only last for a week or so.
But they're the cutest little puffballs with legs. I like this guy with his teeny tiny wings.
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