Muy buenos días amigos de Hive, espectadores, curadores y seguidores geniales que les gusta el arte y mis ocurrencias , les saluda su gran amigo el pintor Ramaco, quien les trae una nueva publicación artística que espero sea de su agrado.

Los materiales que utilicé en esta oportunidad fueron: acuarela, acrílico blanco, mis pinceles de acuarela, sobre cartulina FABRIANO, Cámara fotográfica Panasonic, Marca LUMIX FZ47, programa de digitalización Adobe Photoshop, para modificaciones digitales y Power Point, para pasar las imágenes a formato jpg.

Amigo espectador, curador y fiel seguidor, el cardenalito es una ilustración de un ave venezolana, que forma parte del llano apureño, la cual ha sido famosa en el ámbito del ambiente y la cultura, ya que de esa majestuosa ave han sacado hasta melodías joroperas, y en esta oportunidad tengo el agrado de presentarles, todo el proceso de la realización de esta bonita ilustración en homenaje al pequeño cardenalito, que espero sea de su agrado.

Iniciando con una mancha de color azul, que formara parte del cielo del paisaje, seguido de otra mancha en sentido horizontal en la parte central de la hoja, realizada con la mezcla de los colores, azul oscuro, violeta y magenta respectivamente, y en la parte central de la hoja una mancha entre los colores amarillo y naranja que formaran la imagen del personaje principal de esta ilustración.

Con la ayuda de un pincel de punta fina empiezo a hacer los detalles, empezando por los trazos que le darán mejor forma al ave (El cardenalito), poco a poco se ha ido agregando verdosos cerros, y arbustos lejanos a la ilustración, un riachuelo zigzagueante que se observa venir desde las montañas, realizado con la ayuda de un pincel punta fina Nº 001 y acrílico de color blanco, y algunas hiervas florecidas, que están cercanas al ave.

Observemos como esta quedando la ilustración artística.

Observen mas de cerca la ilustración.

Ahora detalle un poco mas la arboleda que se encuentra a lo lejos en el horizonte, con tonalidades oscuras que simularan las sombras de los arboles.

Agregue un radiante sol con los colores amarillo y blanco, ademas de hacerle un cambio digital (Programa a¡Adobe Photoshop), en la parte del cielo, han dado origen a la ilustración titulada:

OK amigos seguidores, el motivo por el cual yo pinte esta ave, parte de mi historia de cuando era un muchacho que vivía en Cumaná, y disfrutaba con sus amigos de la siguiente manera:

Hace muchos años estábamos de visita por un lugar que llamaban "La quinta de los Ibarra", un sector de Cumaná donde ante habían cantidades de cocoteros y palmeras, mis amigos y yo siempre salíamos en grupo a buscar cocos, hicacos y mango, aunque los familiares que vivían en este lugar, tenían perros, a locuras de muchacho no les importaba, porque siempre íbamos, para llenar bolsas de hicaco, cocos y demás, a pesar del peso que se cargaba, cuando escuchábamos venir a los perros, corríamos como unas balas, pero un día, durante la travesía me pare un momento y vi a este cardenalito en el suelo, así que tome la decisión, largue el saco de cocos, los cuales se esparcieron dándole un escarmiento a cada uno de los perros y se fueron , tome al pajarito y lo lleve a casa, al llegar aun estaba vivo, lo adopte, le di que comer por varios meses, era mi gran mascota, un día se escapo, no lo encontraba por ningún lado, lo daba por perdido, entonces fuimos a la quinta de los Ibarra nuevamente, y conseguí al cardenalito, el me llego al hombro, yo lo conocía, sabia que era el porque en una patas un cordón de color marrón, se lo quite lo lance al aire gritando:

- ¡ERES LIBRE!

- ¡Son libres mis hijos!...

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Muchas gracias por su amable atención.

Un abrazo, los quiero mucho.

@ramaco54

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Very good morning friends of Hive, viewers, curators and great followers who like art and my occurrences, your great friend the painter Ramaco greets you, who brings you a new artistic publication that I hope be to your liking.

Welcome to see my artistic ideas on the Hive digital platform.

@ramaco54

Today's painting is titled:

The little cardinal.

MY MATERIALS.

The materials I used on this occasion were: watercolor, white acrylic, my watercolor brushes, on FABRIANO cardboard, Panasonic camera, LUMIX FZ47 brand, Adobe Photoshop digitizing program, for digital modifications and Power Point, to convert the images to jpg format.

STEP BY STEP PROCESS.

Friend spectator, curator and faithful follower, the little cardenalito is an illustration of a Venezuelan bird, which is part of the Apureño plain, which has been famous in the field of environment and culture, since that they have even derived jolly melodies from that majestic bird, and on this occasion I am pleased to present to you the entire process of creating this beautiful illustration in tribute to the little cardinal, which I hope you like.

THE BEGINNING.

Starting with a spot of blue, which will form part of the sky of the landscape, followed by another spot horizontally in the central part of the sheet, made with the mixture of colors, blue dark, violet and magenta respectively, and in the central part of the leaf a spot between the colors yellow and orange that will form the image of the main character of this illustration.

With the help of a fine tip brush I begin to make the details, starting with the strokes that will give the bird (The cardenalito) the best shape, little by little greenish hills have been added , and bushes far from the illustration, a zigzagging stream that can be seen coming from the mountains, made with the help of a fine tip brush No. 001 and white acrylic, and some flowering herbs, which are close to the bird.

Let's see how the artistic illustration is looking.

Take a closer look at the illustration.

Now detail the grove that is in the distance on the horizon a little more, with dark tones that will simulate the shadows of the trees.

Add a radiant sun with the colors yellow and white, in addition to making a digital change (Adobe Photoshop program), in the part of the sky, which has given rise to the illustration titled:

The little cardinal.

OK friends followers, the reason why I painted this bird, part of my story from when I was a boy who lived in Cumaná, and enjoyed with his friends in the following way:

Many years ago we were visiting a place they called "La quinta de los Ibarra", a sector of Cumaná where there were lots of coconut trees and palm trees, my friends and I always went out in groups to look for coconuts, hicacos and mango, although the relatives who lived in this place had dogs, the crazy kids didn't care, because we always went to fill bags with hicaco, coconuts and so on, despite the weight that was carried, When we heard the dogs coming, we ran like bullets, but one day, during the crossing, I stopped for a moment and saw this little cardinal on the ground, so I made the decision, I threw away the sack of coconuts, which scattered, giving it a I taught each of the dogs a lesson and they left, I took the little bird and took it home, when I arrived it was still alive, I adopted it, I gave it food for several months, it was my great pet, one day it escaped, I couldn't find it nowhere, I considered him lost, so we went to the Ibarra country house again, and I found the little cardinal, he reached out to my shoulder, I knew him, I knew it was because there was a dark colored cord on one of his legs arron, I took it off and threw it into the air shouting:

- YOU ARE FREE!

At this moment I realized that the little cardinal adopted me, he stayed with me, he was so obedient that he spent almost 3 years with me in an aviary that my mother had very comfortable in the patio , with trees and branches, where the birds were completely happy, but when dad died, my mom was very sad, she released all the birds saying:

- My children are free!...

They were very sad moments for everyone, but almost all of the birds left, but my little cardinal stayed in the aviary. My mother felt more comfortable seeing that the bird had stayed behind. keep him company, one day my mother went shopping at the market and bought a pair from the cardinal, and the birds left, but over time they returned bringing with them a pleasant surprise, because they returned with five chicks of cardinals warlike, this was more than a surprise a miracle, from that moment on my mother sent me to buy bird seed, or prepare bread with milk for the chicks, to feed them; The experience with these birds became happy times for the whole family...

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Friends of Hive, I sincerely hope that you liked both the illustration and the story of my experience with the cardinals.

Thank you very much for your kind attention.

A hug, I love you very much.

@ramaco54