It seemed to take forever for me to decide on a specific direction for this painting. After much thought, I decided to try a subtle difference on the gobbler's breast feathers. I wanted to do a round, smooth look. Since this is a Merriams turkey, I really wanted to accent the almost white feathers. I chose a dark pine timber. It's such a nice day out, I took a short break at noon to walk through my pine trees. After looking at the pine needles and bark, smelling the pine scent, and painting this scene, I feel like I took a mini trip to Montana today and it didn't cost me a dime!
