Original artwork description:

This beautiful bird (Lakenvelder) gives a bold impression with it's jaunty tail feathers.

I start the canvas with a rough pencil sketch and then I add the coloured paper before building up the layers with acrylic paint. The last thing I add are the embellishments of thread, beads, buttons and glitter to pick out or highlight certain areas.

Materials used:

Mixed media collage: acrylics, paper, thread, beads, buttons, glitter

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