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Published: 2018-11-13 18:02:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 555; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 1
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Petirrojo means redish chest in Spanish. It’s my native tongue name for robins. I use to watch them in the gardens around my home, mainly in winter; they’re very brave and sassy. That and the fact I haven’t used watercolors in long time encouraged me to draw a couple of them and trying to make them really fluffy. I used several new techniques for this pic and I spent around 4 hours in drawing them only.
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Petirrojos, llamados ‘robin’ en ingles. Suelo verlos en los jardines en torno a mi casa principalmente en los meses fríos del año. Son valientes, descarados y muy vivarachos. Eso y el hecho de que no hacía nada con acuarelas desde hacía bastante, me empujaron a querer dibujarlos, sobre todo cuando se ponen como bolitas de plumas. Usé técnicas nuevas para esta acuarela y tardé unas 4 horas en hacerlo.
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Hey, you're doing watercolors now, too! This is wonderful, just as I'd expect from you. I really love the touches of yellow highlight throughtout; adds just a touch of excitement to an otherwise tranquil piece.
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Thank you so much. Actually I always love to paint with watercolors, but traditional technicles are quite messy, so I usually give them up and I use CG instead, which is less messy and dirty. However, time to time, the feels of traditiona technicles strike me back.
As for this pic, I used several photos as refference. since it has snowy spots and the white background, it needed some lighting. Glad you like it and thank you for the 
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Muy bonitos. En otro punto, que pájaro de pequeño tamaño, no son descarados.
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Muchas gracias por eso y el
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oh these are both adorable and beautiful love robins
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Yes. Indeed. I love to watch them.
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I have no idea how they compare to American robins, but my mom always complained about them being “brainless.” Which is saying a lot, as my mom loves birds. Apparently not robins... I love that you drew one all fluffed up! Birds always look adorable in their pursuit of warmth.
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well. Aparentely the American robins are related ith black birds and not the flycatchers, unlike robins. The only real resemblance is the fact they both share a red chest. Anyway, your mom is right: they both seem to be quite brainless and protective with their home surroundings.
Thank you for your coments. I tried to make them adorable and fluffly. It's hard to get such effect with watercolors.
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They still don't look that much like American ones. Ours have yellow beaks, completely black faces and heads, and the red goes much further down their belly. I had to remind myself that Ame's from a different country when I saw that these were "robins."
I don't think U.S. robins are sassy, either. They're always kinda laid back, and much less intrusive and more cautious than other birds like doves or the winter birds... i dunno if they are sparrows or wrens.
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To tell the truth, I don't know. Usually, the blackbird family tends to walk over the ground, catching worms and such, and gets hidden in a blink if there is any danger around... But I don't know if American robins are like that since, well, I haven't seem them, never.
European robins are insectivore and very territorial, so they act very sassy. I guess the only resemblance is the red coated chest.
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