Watercolor Bird Video

Today I created and uploaded my first YouTube video! It contains about 25 of my watercolor bird paintings. The music is by Ed Smith, a close friend of mine who has passed on but left us very beautiful music. View and listen at Sharon Farber's Watercolor Birds.

Chickadee

Chickadee

5 x 7

2009

Signed giclee prints:

5 x 7: $29.95

6 3/4 x 10: $45

Note cards available

I used another reference photo from Jerry Acton. Thanks Jerry! This is a gift for a very special friend. Paula is the woman who bought my massage therapy practice from me, enabling me to focus much more time and energy on painting! I give thanks for Paula every day. She told me that she loves black capped chickadees and this small gift will be a surprise for her!

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

8 1/2 x 11 1/2 2009

Original is sold

Limited editon signed giclee print: $75

I finished this female wood duck today. Photo reference by Alan Wilson at Naturespicsonline. I now have a mat cutter and learned how to use it this month. I can paint any size I want instead of limiting myself to standard sizes like 8 x 10 and 11 x 14. I celebrated with this duck!

Another Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler II

5 x 7

$135 with mat and frame

2008

Here is another Yellow Warbler I couldn't resist painting. Photo reference by Charles Lentz, another excellent photographer who is nice, generous, and has given me permission to paint from his photos. Check out his wonderful photos!

Yellow Warbler

Yellow Warbler
7 x 5
December 2008
Signed giclee print $29.95
Note cards available


I am back to the birds! I found the reference photo for this bird on Mike McDowell's Birding and Digiscoping Blog. I haven't seen all of Mike's birds yet but he has many wonderful photos. He also has amazing video footage and provides a wealth of information. Visit him at Mike's Blog. Thank you Mike!!

New England home in Autumn

New England home in Autumn

11 x 15

Commission completed Dec. 20, 2008

I finished painting this Canton, Connecticut home on Friday after many long hours. If you recognize the house, please don't rush out and call the owners because it is a surprise for one of them! The person who commissioned it hasn't even seen it yet. Jeff just taught me how to take a photo of the painting with indoor lighting, and here it is. I thought I was going to have to wait for the snow to stop to shoot outside like I have done in the past. Thanks Jeff!

Sorry for the lack of posts this month. Thanksgiving, lots of no school for the kids and a zillion other things have limited my painting time. Now I'm ready to paint more and the kids have 12 days off of school in a row starting 1:10 on Tuesday! I WILL paint anyway! Now that this painting is done I am going back to the birds. I am almost done with a Yellow Warbler. :)

The Three Bears

Backyard Forest

12 x 16

2006
This was an attempt at a plein air painting of the woods in my back yard. I started outside and then spent weeks in the studio tightening it up. I never really liked it much. It didn't have a center of interest.

I finally realized that what the painting was missing was bears! Several weeks ago, Momma bear and her cubs visited our yard and spent the evening in the neighborhood. It was too cool! I was inspired.

Revised painting:

The Three Bears 2008

12 x 18

$295 with mat and frame

After I added the bears I changed the shapes of some trees and branches, added texture to the bark, and worked on the foliage and the sky. It was challenging to get the bears in over the foliage without having them look green. That is why they are so dark.

On the left: Momma Bear with her fancy ear tags.

On the right: The three cubs, posing on our street. They spent a lot of time in a neighbor's trees but the pictures didn't come out.

Sorry for the blurriness.