Description
Bullfinch, Original Silk Painting and Signed Giclee Prints
The Bullfinch or pyrrhula pyrrhula? is a common resident in the UK, although sadly I?ve never seen any in my garden.? Maybe I need to change the seeds I am feeding or plant a few new plants. Apparently they were once popular cage birds as they can be taught to imitate a special bird flute or whistle.
My paintings are mainly painted on pure Chinese habotai 8 silk with specialist silk paints. I start each work with a drawing on paper and then trace the image onto a piece of white silk stretched onto a wooden frame. On this painting I have painted the silk with a special medium to stop the paint from running before hand painting on the colour using watercolour brushes. You can see some videos of me in action here.
The finished painting is removed from the wooden frame, ironed to fix the colour in the fabric and stretched onto acid-free mountboard ready for framing.
A signed giclee print is printed on fine art 308gsm paper using archival inks and is signed by the artist. It will come mounted in white and packed with a backing board in biodegradable cellophane. It is an open edition so there is no limit to the number of reproductions that can be made. The following size prints are available:
| Size | Mount Size (frame size required) | Actual Image Size |
| 6 x 6 inch | 6 x 6 inch | 9 x 9 cm |
