Lion, or Christopher Plummer?

Part of my still life is a little reproduction of one of the lions outside of the Art Institute of Chicago.  The more I work on the lion's head, the more it reminds me of Christopher Plummer.  What do you think?

Hourglass, Globe, Lion

Queen, Beads, Coins

Skull, Watch, and Coins

Sneak Peek

Inspired by my friend Anne, I'm planning to make a video showing the evolution of this painting.  I've been documenting the process with lots of photos.  Anyway, here's a sneak peek —

In My Garden

... a rare two-headed golden-crowned kinglet!

Of course, the bird had one head; I was trying to take photos with insufficient light and this is how my digital camera tried to solve the problem. Multiple exposures have been around since photography was invented; it was a widely-used technique for producing fraudulent "ghost" photos.

Here's a somewhat better photo:

A small flock of these lovely little birds were busy in my front garden (they especially liked the seeds of the garlic chives), but by the time I remembered to get out there with a camera, it was twilight. I keep hoping they'll show up again in better light, but while I'm waiting, here's the photos I got.

Completed Still Life

I hope to get better photos when we have decent weather!