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Artisttwo blue herons, one catching a fish, in the moonlight pond, oil painting on lightly textured toned Warm light Raw sienna sage ground color background, painted in the academic animal portrait tradition. Face and muzzle fully photorealistic, perfectly smooth paint, strong single light source from upper left, deep shadow on the opposite side, natural oil paint translucency with ground color glowing through thin paint layers, luminous natural highlight on brow plane, cheekbone and muzzle bridge. Feathers and any visible body painted in natural colors with visible expressive brushstrokes. cool vibrant colors complementary to the ground color are used as a heavy impasto accent brushed loosely in the background, and within the fur, feathers or scales of the subject. Faint scattered cattails and reed-grasses shapes are visible in background. The ground color in a pale desaturated tone is brushed as a highlight, ground color in dark saturated tone is brushed for shadow areas within the body of the animal with thick loaded brush, heavy impasto texture, paint physically raised from surface, visible ridge and drag marks in every brushstroke outside the face. The fur, feathers or scales of the subject become increasingly loose toward outer edges, ground showing through between strokes, dissolving toward outer edges with strokes thinning and spacing apart, bare ground showing between marks, outer margins bare ground with gestural brush marks of accent, highlight and shadow colors, alla prima oil technique, academic animal portrait.
Two great blue herons stand in shallow water with reeds and cattails in the background under a pale sky. The heron on the right is largely visible, with light gray and black feathers on its head and neck, dark blue feathers on its back and wings, and reddish-brown legs. The heron on the left is positioned slightly behind and to the left of the first, with its head lowered, holding a small, brown fish in its long, yellow beak. The fish has an open mouth, and a drop of water falls from it. The water reflects the light from the sky, creating subtle ripples. The overall impression is that of a serene wildlife scene rendered in a realistic, painterly style with visible brushstrokes.
