Gadwall duck (Mareca strepera)

I found from my search in the internet that this bird is a Gadwall duck. In Latin name it is Mareca strepera. This painting is in acrylic on watercolor paper; the size is about 7.5 by 11 inches. Reference photo: By Jacob van der Weele from 'Huis aan Huis' newspaper.

A robin

I'm not really happy with this one but anyway I decided to show it here. This is in watercolor, 14x19 cm. on acid free watercolor paper. Fine days ahead to everyone.

Albatross

I sketched this albatross while resting with high fever and cold. I felt relax afterwards.
Thanks God, I am feeling a little bit better now.
I used as reference the image from a local magazine but the sketch composition is different from the original image.

Firecrest

Watercolor, 28x38 cm

I wanted to paint this little firecrest in a loose style. But I can see that I was not successful to do that. Maybe I'll try next time.

bird's sketch

Birds are not my favorite subject to paint. So as an exercise I try to sketch them once in a while. This one above is a watercolor sketch of a robin. I came out with this composition based on some images of the bird which I had seen from a number of references. The sketch is 24x30 cm in size.
Advance Happy Easter to all of you.

Pastels' study

This is another practice on pastels. Here I used fixative, and I observed afterwards that it changed the intensity of the colors in the painting. I read somewhere that fixative darkens the colors, thus many pastels' users avoid it in their paintings. However, many use it to avoid smudging. I think I have to read further on this issue to know the benefits of using and not using it.