![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Goose-Lookout-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Amorous-Flamingos-Resized.jpg)
This last spring I got particularly interested in painting birds and used both my favourite mediums: pastel and oil.
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Baby-Sparrow-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Goose-Head-Resized.jpg)
During the late spring, summer and early autumn months I did very little painting as the garden took over all my time and creative abilities, and when I did try to paint nothing seemed to go well. I now have a stack of rubbish paintings that I may, one day, go back to, or I may paint over.
Recently I have returned to painting with more vigor, enthusiasm and the palette knife. I have really enjoyed using the palette knife, and have tried it out on landscape, florals and even birds.
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Sunset-from-Beacon-Hill-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Four-Hydrangeas-Resized.jpg)
Using the palette knife has helped me to loosen up and try new ways of painting. Most recently I have been working on Autumn leaves, using a rag to spread the paint and a brush to spatter the paint.
I have been having a lot of fun and also selling quite a few paintings as Christmas approaches.
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Sunflower-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Baby-Swallows-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Two-Horses-on-Hay-Bluff-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Tintern-Abbey-in-the-Mist-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Autumn-Walk-Resized.jpg)
![](https://marionderrett.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/October-Delight-Resized.jpg)
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