Ginny Lindzey
  • Home
  • Res Scholasticae
  • Blog
  • Gallery
  • Tutoring

Blog

Chickadee 2 & Wren 2: antepenultimate and penultimate ornaments

12/21/2020

0 Comments

 
Since I had received my order of 2 inch circle mirrors, I had to make a few more using this size. I ended my last post with the three mirrors I had made framing patterns on. Romans liked birds as do I so I decided to keep the bird theme going. I sketched out three birds--two repeats, the chickadee and wren, and a black crested titmouse. But more on him next time.
Picture
I decided to work on the chickadee first. This is the photo I was working from:
Picture

One of the biggest problems I am having is making an eye that is so small and somehow distinguished from the surrounding black. I used purple glass but I know you cannot tell. In addition, I think his head is a bit too flat but I didn't want to tear up the glass and redo it. I could live with it. This is what the ornament looked like before I cleaned all the excess glue.
Picture
He looks better on the tree.
Picture

Here he is with the first chickadee:
Picture
I turned my attention to the wren next. They are such cheeky little birds. Here's the photo I was working from.
Picture
I started with the thin branches and buff chest/stomach.
Picture

In the end I realized that this little wren, which I really like, was based on the same photo as the first one. To make it look different, I turned it on an angle when gluing the string on the back.
Picture
And here he is with his fellow wren:
Picture
And the black crested titmouse will have to wait for next post. It is the ultimate (last) ornament, with the chickadee being the antepenultimate and the wren being the penultimate. As a Latin teacher, I had to use those words. I couldn't stop myself. 
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Ramblings of a retired Latin teacher,  creative creature, and general person rediscovering life after teaching.

    Archives

    October 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Res Scholasticae
  • Blog
  • Gallery
  • Tutoring