The Bird On Nellie's Hat

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 The title for this painting is from a early 1900's Edwardian song about a little bird on the lady's hat that knew her better than her"beau" did! Hats of this era were fantastic creations decorated with flowers,bows,birds,ribbons,you name it! From sketch~


To finished painting~


To video with the song that inspired this~



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