California State Bird and Flower Color Version -WIP1

I'm starting to do a color version of my California State Bird and Flower line art drawing I shared in my previous post. This is the California quail and the golden poppy.

 I'm starting out just blocking in the basic colors of the bird here.

 The gray areas on the quail are actually quite bluish. The transition from blue-gray to brown is not this abrupt on the real bird but at this point I'm just blocking in the base colors. I'll make a more gradual transition as I start to add more detail, coming in a future post.