![Baltimore Oriole watercolor painting](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIk70y9Yu5IxQ_rNCHb5vLSHU3FaoJxge2If1TIx9aPuEd9uGMRnEVxbD8aWAWj1jmLrcafGS_Bv8pdbPm3I3oxjVqqJSNsBYT3xyMwu4fLZjZQ4T7Gjtwo9hdPmo3L6dOg1240A/s320/watercolororiole.jpg)
Baltimore oriole perched in Lilac tree. This could have easily have been a scene from my front yard, we have a Japanese Lilac on the front lawn which birds seem to love to perch in.
I painted an earlier version in acrylic. This watercolor differs a bit in composition, the most obvious it being in landscape orientation. I think I have more fun painting in acrylics, its faster too, painting in watercolor goes slow for me but there's not as much to clean up after its finished