day one of "Musical Bird" / by Philip Tarlow

musical bird, 15x17.5” oil on xtra fine portrait linen, at the end of my painting day today

1:58 PM: this afternoon i started a new painting, titled Musical Bird,” 15x17.5” on xtra fine portrait linen. there are 4 or 5 things going on here, which will eventually blend into one image: my hand, drawing and holding a pencil; a man playing guitar, looking down from our second story; some dried out bristlecone pine needles; a piece of dried out pine branch; and an orange headed bird. right now i’m tuckered out and ready to go back to the house and lie down. to be continued tomorrow morning.

dried out bristlecone pine needle