Please Help Me Decide Between Which One of Two Chibi Baby Lovebirds to Paint...

 Edit:  And the winner by one vote across my social media sites is baby bird #1...  It was very close and I had some thoughtful write in votes for both birds, but I put it to a vote due to supply issues.  Thanks so much for the help!

I am doing a small study of one of these two chibi baby lovebirds, but I can not decide which one...  I will be painting both birds in a larger painting in the hair of a Rococo maiden, but only one as a study.  Please vote between bird 1 on the left and bird 2 on the right.

The vote will end on  Friday March 3rd at 2pm pst.  I will tally the votes between my social media accounts and begin painting the winning bird!

Sketches of Four Faces: Please Vote for which to paint!

Edit:  Combined between facebook and my blog, number 3 was the winning face that I will strive to paint between today and Tuesday next.  I'm also very drawn to 2 and 4, so you may also be seeing them at some point in the future!  Thanks very much for your input!

Here are the four last sketches from the 29 faces challenge this month.  I would like to do a small painting of one of these five this week.  If you'd like to vote on which one, just leave a comment as to which you'd prefer and I'll tally the votes on Tuesday at around four, adding up the votes of my blog and facebook page together.  In the event of a tie, or no votes, I'll just draw one out of a hat.  I might do this weekly with different sketches.  I also may use the sketches and paintings based on the sketches posted in other art at different times.  This painting will be a small 5"x7", with some cropping to fit the format, that I will try to complete between Tuesday and the Tuesday next...

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Sketches of Five Faces: Please Vote for which to paint!

Edit:  Combined between facebook and my blog, number 5 was the winning face that I will strive to paint between today and Tuesday next.  Thanks very much for your input!

Here are five of the sketches from the 29 faces challenge.  I would like to do a small painting of one of these five this week.  If you'd like to vote on which one, just leave a comment as to which you'd prefer and I'll tally the votes on Tuesday at around four, adding up the votes of my blog and facebook page together.  In the event of a tie, or no votes, I'll just draw one out of a hat.  I might do this weekly with different sketches.  I also may use the sketches and paintings based on the sketches posted in other art at different times.  This painting will be a small 5"x7", with some cropping to fit the format, that I will try to complete between Tuesday and the Tuesday next...

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Sketches of Four Faces: Please Vote for which to paint!

Edit:  Combined between facebook and my blog, number 1 was the winning face that I will strive to paint between today and Tuesday next.  Thanks very much for your input!

Here are four of the sketches from the 29 faces challenge, I've excluded one because I have some definite ideas about painting that face larger at a later point.  I would like to do a small painting of one of these four this week.  If you'd like to vote on which one, just leave a comment as to which you'd prefer and I'll tally the votes on Tuesday at around four, adding up the votes of my blog and facebook page together.  In the event of a tie, or no votes, I'll just draw one out of a hat.  I might do this weekly with different sketches.  I also may use the sketches and paintings based on the sketches posted in other art at different times.  This painting will be a small 5"x7", with some cropping to fit the format, that I will try to complete between Tuesday and the Tuesday next...

This week there is 1. a goddess, 2. a mermaid, 3. a fairy angel, and 4. a fairy angel.  They're all big eye fantasy faces.

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Sketches of Five Faces: Please Vote for which to paint!

Edit:  Combined between facebook and my blog, number 3 was the winning face that I will strive to paint between today and Tuesday next.  Thanks very much for your input!

Here are five of the sketches from the 29 faces challenge, I've excluded two because I have some definite ideas about painting them larger at a later point.  I would like to do a small painting of one of these five this week.  If you'd like to vote on which one, just leave a comment as to which you'd prefer and I'll tally the votes on Tuesday at around four, adding up the votes of my blog and facebook page together.  In the event of a tie, or no votes, I'll just draw one out of a hat.  I might do this weekly with different sketches.  I also may use the sketches and paintings based on the sketches posted in other art at different times.  This painting will be a small 5"x7", with some cropping to fit the format, that I will try to complete between Tuesday and the Tuesday next...

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Sketches of Four Horses: Please Vote for which to paint! Plus Fairy Maiden with Waterlily

Edit:  Another really close vote!  Combined between facebook and my blog, number 3 won by one, so that is the one I will strive to finish by Tuesday next.  It is the year of the horse though and I do love horses, so it's entirely possible that 2 will make an appearance at a future time...

Here are the two sketches combined of the flower fairy maiden and her waterlily.  Alex and I decided it would be too busy with the koi fish, so I will hope to incorporate some of them into another painting in addition to the little one I am working on...

These are four horses that I've sketched this week.  I would like to paint one of them this week.  If you'd like to vote on which one, just leave a comment as to which you'd prefer and I'll tally the votes on Tuesday at around four, adding up the votes of my blog and facebook page together.  In the event of a tie, or no votes, I'll just draw one out of a hat.  I might do this weekly with different sketches.  I also may use the sketches and paintings based on the sketches posted in other art at different times.  This painting will be a small 5"x7", with some cropping to fit the format, that I will try to complete between Tuesday and the Tuesday next...


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More Sketches of Koi Fish: Please Vote for which to paint! & Some Progress on my Sunflower...

Edit:  It was a tie between 1 and 4, both here and on my facebook page...  This week, I will try to paint number 4 between now and Tuesday next.  Thank very much for your input!

These are four of my koi fish themed sketches of the week.  Of the six pages of sketches I did, these are the ones Alex liked the best.  I would like to paint one of them this week.  If you'd like to vote on which one, just leave a comment as to which you'd prefer and I'll tally the votes on Tuesday at around four, adding up the votes of my blog and facebook page together.  In the event of a tie, or no votes, I'll just draw one out of a hat.  I might do this weekly with different sketches.  I also may use the sketches and paintings based on the sketches posted in other art at different times.  This painting will be a small 5"x7", with some cropping to fit the format, that I will try to complete between Tuesday and the Tuesday next...


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Here is a work in progress view of the sunflower painting that was voted for last week.  I am hoping to have it finished by Tuesday.

Sketches of an Iris, a Sunflower, an Orchid, and a Calla Lily: Please Vote for which to paint!

Edit: Voting is concluded, my next small painting will be #2, the sunflower!  Thanks very much for your input, I hope to have it completed by Tuesday next.

These are my yellow flower themed sketches of the week.  There is an iris, a sunflower, an orchid, and a calla lily.  I would like to paint one of them this week.  If you'd like to vote on which one, just leave a comment as to which you'd prefer and I'll tally the votes on Tuesday at around four, adding up the votes of my blog and facebook page together.  In the event of a tie, or no votes, I'll just draw one out of a hat.  I might do this weekly with different sketches.  I also may use the sketches and paintings based on the sketches posted in other art at different times.  This painting will be a small 5"x7", with some cropping to fit the format, that I will try to complete between Tuesday and the Tuesday next...

The choices are:
1. Yellow Bearded Iris
2. Yellow Sunflower
3. Yellow Orchid
4. Yellow Calla Lily

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