The new shading for LBB #17 + border birds
 

Feline Fanatic said to post the bird when I decided how to shade it so here I am..... showing how I decided to add some life to the LBB's belly. I'll show the before picture and after picture.

Then, I finished up the center section and 1st swirl on all the borders, 4 of them. It's a start. Since the LBB was in the centers I thought I'd finish them up as close to the same as possible. The pics are of each border plus the fabric piece where I was experimenting with how I would do the LBB bellies.

And I know someone will ask so here's what I used. I used a burnished brown Inktense pencil to make the belly dots and edge coloring. Then, I used fabric medium with water to thin it down ..... half medium, half water. I used a small brush and smoothed the color into the fabric. After that dried, I used an Elmer's white paint pen to add some white streaks. That's what images from Google looked like to me.

So, I hope you all approve........ I'm happy with the outcome.

Oh my!! The lighting was bright daylight on the pictures after the 1st one.... too stark!! And they look wrinkled but I couldn't press the borders because that would cause my marking to disappear and I need the marks for the next applique sections.

Oh well! Hope you can get a rough idea of how it looks.

It looks fantastic.

Beautiful work.

That is beautiful!! I like seeing your great ideas! Thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much for taking the time to show us how you did this. Your little birdie is perfect now!

Breathtaking........the different shading in each item adds reality to it.

These are amazing!!!

Thank you for posting the pictures. your birds look so life like! Your borders are very pretty too. Lots of work but well worth it!

Beautiful and creative... looks like a labor of love project.