New Autumn Birds Painting

Recently finished is a new digital painting of birds in autumn. This painting was done in Photoshop CS5 and a Wacom Cintiq monitor-tablet. This was painted entirely by hand. There are no photographic elements or photo manipulation in this image.

Click here to see a high res version.

As you can see, here we have a scene of several bird species around a small wooden bird feeder. Bird species include a black-capped chickadee,  a blue jay, a red-breasted nuthatch, a northern red cardinal, and an eastern bluebird. Bright orange, red, and gold maple leaves bring the beauty of fall colors into your home with this image in your choice of paper, canvas, metal, or acrylic fine art prints.

In addition to prints there are also other ways to at home or on the go with throw pillows, phone cases, tote bags, and apparel.

In addition to those items above from Pixels.com, I have many more items available featuring this image in my Zazzle Store. Fall season holidays, like Thanksgiving, are just around the corner. With products ranging from coffee mugs and coasters, to wallets and wall clocks, bird lovers will find plenty of ideas for autumn theme decorating and gift giving.

Wolves on Wallets

I've been adding a lot of items to my Zazzle store so there will be lots of stuff to choose from for the upcoming holiday shopping season. Some are Christmas themed but many would make great holiday gifts whether Christmas themed or not.

Today I'm going to showcase some wolves on wallets, coin purses, clutches, and other small bags.These are just a few samples of what you can find in the Store. See more products with wolves in my Zazzle Store here.

Night Wolves in Snow Leather Wallet by ForestWildlifeArt

Wolf Pup and Flowers Wallets by ForestWildlifeArt

Grey Wolf Face Leather Trifold Wallets by ForestWildlifeArt

Wolf Mother and Pups Travel Accessory Bags by ForestWildlifeArt

Curious Wolf Pups Jumbo Tote Bag by ForestWildlifeArt

Fun with Photoshop - Moving birds and butterflies

As you may know, one of the great advantages of painting digitally is being able to move things around within the image. Of course you can do that in a real oil painting by painting over something and repainting it elsewhere. But that's obviously a lot of work, and destroys the original painting. With a digital painting I can modify things quickly and easily, and still keep the original version intact.

I don't want to go around modifying things for no reason, however. I want to keep even my digital paintings unique. So modifying one just for the sake of a little variation is not what I want to do. But sometimes there's a good reason. Here's an example.

I wanted to put this painting of bluebirds and a yellow birdhouse on various products in my Zazzle store. The printable area on some products is square, some rectangular, some round. This image works fine as is for the square and rectangular products, but not so much for the round ones. Cropping a circle out of the image above would result in important elements being cut off, like this:

Not only is the upper bird's wing cut off, but the monarch butterfly has been cut in half, and the blue butterfly is completely out of the picture now.

So, to make things fit more nicely within a circle, I went back to my original layered PSD file and moved the upper bluebird and the two butterflies in closer to the birdhouse. Now, as you can see below, all the fit neatly on round objects like this decorative porcelain plate...

Bluebirds and Yellow Birdhouse Porcelain Plates by ForestWildlifeArt

...or this round accent throw pillow....

Bluebirds and Yellow Birdhouse Round Pillow by ForestWildlifeArt

...and this wall clock....

Bluebirds and Yellow Birdhouse Wallclock by ForestWildlifeArt

So, as you can see, it's not a dramatic change. At first glance it still appears to be the exact same image. So it still keeps the integrity of the original version. Only on closer inspection do you realize things have slightly. This little adjustment is worth it to keep all the important elements within the circle boundaries, making the end result a much nice picture than if I'd simply chopped things off.

See more items with bluebirds and butterflies in my Zazzle Store here.

Misty Morning Sunrise in October

Thank you to the person in CO who purchased a print of my Misty Morning Sunrise image. This isn't one of my paintings but rather a photo I took right here in our back yard on a chilly, misty October morning. We often get misty mornings in October here in western Washington state. And the dew settles on the hundreds of orb spider webs, making them sparkle. It gets very Halloweenish around here. Not much longer before I'll have an opportunity to get more misty morning Oct photos. Plus, I'm already working on fall and winter theme paintings and products. Wow, hard to believe it's already time to start thinking about the holidays.

New Pixels Apparel Featuring Animal Art

Pixels.com (aka Fine Art America) has added yet another new product to their line ... clothing! They have apparel for both men and women in various styles and color options, all featuring some of my horse and wildlife paintings.

For men:

• T-Shirts
• Slim Fit T-Shirts
• V-Neck T-Shirts
• Long Sleeve T-Shirts
• Baseball T-Shirts
• Tank Tops

For women:

• T-Shirts
• V-Neck T-Shirts
• Junior T-Shirts

  
I have already made several of my paintings available on all these style choices and will add more from time to time. If you want a particular image that you don't see on the shirts yet, leave a comment here and tell me which image you'd like and I'll be sure to put it up there for you.

Here's a small sampling of what's available so far.

Of course, there even more choices of clothing in my Zazzle Store but, if you are more comfortable making purchases through Pixels/FAA then it's nice to now have that option!

Animal Art Shower Curtains

Pixels.com (aka Fine Art America) has added a new product to their line ... full-print shower curtains! I have already added several images to the curtains and plan to add more as time permits. Here's a small sampling of what's available.

This image of cardinals at a bird feeder with Christmas decorations is also available on matching throw pillows, duvet covers, tote bags and, of course, fine art prints and greeting cards. See more products featuring Cardinals Christmas Feast here.

This image of Friesian horse is also available on matching throw pillows, duvet covers, tote bags, iPhone & Galaxy cases and, of course, fine art prints. See more products featuring Friesland Nobility here.

This image of colorful songbirds and flowers is also available on matching throw pillows, duvet covers, tote bags, and phone cases. See more products featuring Garden Party in Pink here. This is also available with a purple, blue, red, yellow, or green background if pink isn't your thing.

This image of a mother wolf and pups overlooking a river valley is also available on matching throw pillows, duvet covers, tote bags, phone cases and, of course, fine art prints and greeting cards. See more items featuring Passing It One here.

Browse all the shower curtains featuring my wildlife, horse, and domestic animal artwork here.

Cow & Calf Artwork Products

Today is Cow Appreciation Day. Cows have been a vital part of human history for thousands of years. They are important to us not just for meat, milk, and hides, but also as a working animal. In many parts of the world cattle are as important as horses for pulling carts and plowing fields. So, in honor of the important and hard-working cows all around the world I'm sharing some products featuring my painting of a Holstein Cow & Calf in a scene with rolling hills farmland and an old wood barn.


Fine art prints, greeting cards, phone cases, duvet covers, throw pillows, and tote bags are available here.

Many other products products like iPad and laptop covers, throw blankets, clocks, wallets, clothing, lamps, bath mats, and much more are available in my Zazzle Store.

Holestein Cows Home Decor
by csforest