African Jacana

Title-African Jacana

Medium-Oil on Masonite Board

Size-6x8 Inches

The African Jacana is a beautiful bird that is found only around areas of water.Some  refer to this bird as a Jesus Bird, probably due to the fact that it looks as if it is walking on water.However unlike Jesus, this bird does not walk on water but rather on the large lily pads.The only reason it is able to do this, is due to its large feet which allows its weight to be distributed over a larger area, thereby allowing it to walk over water lily leaves without sinking.

Well my hope to complete 30 paintings this month seem to have just been a hope .So far I have done 21 paintings this month and will probably only manage another 3.Work has been hectic ,allowing me no time for any painting. Anyway I will not let that get me down since at the start of this month I had only planned to paint a painting a day for one week ,until I stumbled across lesliesaeta.blogspot.com and her challenge of 30 paintings in 30 days.

I have had great fun painting almost every day,and now look forward to focusing on some larger and more detailed work for an upcoming exhibit later this year ,but more of that later.Since there is still a few days left of the challenge I will post a daily painting for each.