Puddle Duck

It is a sombre day ,its been raining on and off ,so I decided to paint something lighthearted.These colourful birds always lift my spirits.

Duck a l'Orange

I had to paint this adorable duck again and at a friends suggestion with oranges. : )
Its a sunny 18C today  and I've got housework : (   ....oh well...how about another duck quote!

"Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck,and then end up putting it to one side and only using the skin."  Lucien Freud

Canard a' la Fraise

"Be like a duck.Calm on the surface,but always paddling like the dickens underneath."  Michael Cain