Painting Percy the Pelican
strokes' for the wave forms. This contrasts with the more vertical strokes of the sand
reflections. Lastly the figures are painted in with a three quarter inch flat bristle brush.Subject wise I was now on a roll and decided to add the daughter of the family where Percy was
considered the family's pet pelican. They often fed him a ... you guessed it, a herring or a piece
of squid. Of course the girl's name was Peggy. The painting was to be rather in the fashion of
an intimate portrait, only on water.I was now becoming more and more convinced that these large birds resembled ships, more
particularly man-o-wars, with their gunports positioned along the side looking like black
feathers. All they needed was cannon run out ... and smoke and a few feathers ...http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/advanced/pelicans.htm (3 of 4)1/13/2004 3:44:57 AM