Brande Arno Art

5 x 7 inches, Oil on Panel I'm a You Tube addict.  Mostly because TV isn't what it used to be.  Recently, I found Bella the Hummingbird Live Cam.  Earlier in the week, I did a screen shot save to create this painting of her.  I just took another peek at the web cam, and she now has two little hummer-buggers sleeping in the nest.   Bella Cam here  

4 x 4 inches, Green Crowned Hummingbird, Oil on Gessoboard Click to Bid Fiddle heads are a popular veggie option of a restaurant that's not far from where I live.  Before I started receiving their emails, I didn't know Fiddle heads even existed, much less are edible.  I've never eaten one and don't plan to in the foreseeable future.   I was looking for inspiration on Pinterest and what do you know...  A photograph of a cute little Hummingbird delicately perched on top of a fiddle head was posted.   Just had to create a painting from that.

"Little Visitor" 5 x 5 inches, Oil on Gessoboard Buy on Paypal  $ 60. This little girl, is inspired by a recent post to my facebook page.  Some people do a great job sharing their time and resources with Hummingbirds.  One woman set up many feeders for Hummingbirds just outside her living room where she keeps one window open.   She enjoyed a little broad billed Hummingbird visitor who wanted to perch on her finger.  After a short while she flew to to feeder again to join the others but while the visit took place, someone filmed it and thus posted on facebook. I have to say, these kind of posts make my day...maybe my week.

"Baby Hummingbird No. 2" 4 x 4 inches, oil on gessoboard Buy on Paypal This is the second painting inspired by Mrs. Yollis/ 3rd grade class . Click on link to read about "Birdie" the baby Hummingbird.  

"Baby Hummingbird No. 1" - 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Gessoboard Buy with Paypal Today's little painting features an almost ready to fly baby Hummingbird.  I wanted to paint a Hummingbird today and looked on Google for inspiration.  A 3rd grade teacher found a baby Hummingbird while doing garden work. She must be a very special teacher because after asking her husband to make a little cardboard home complete with a twig for perching, she brought him to school.   For two weeks, the class cared for and posted some videos and photos.  More to the story tomorrow along with another painting of this same little bird.

"Spying Rufous Hummingbird" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board -Sold Well, maybe I pushed the greens found on the Rufous more on the teal side, but I've got a licence to do just that.  Painted with a palette knife, I thoroughly enjoyed creating this piece.

"Vera" 4 x 4 inch, Oil Painting of Female Hummingbird Buy on Etsy Here is another Hummingbird.  Vera is a little green for a female, but she's ok with that and is happy to be in the air, on her way to a sweet meal.

"Herbert" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Panel Sold, thank you! He's adorable and he knows it.  He's the result of me trying to paint a different subject today when what I wanted to paint was another Hummingbird.  So the first attempts at painting were scraped and shortly after Herbert came to be.

"Everly" 4 x 4 inches Oil on Panel Buy Now With Etsy Another Hummingbird and yes, he's a male hummer.  I'm going back to my former brand of brushes which is Escoda.  They are more expensive, but worth every penny.