2 Bird Paintings

I know these are probably amatuer and will never be identified, but i figured i could post them anyway. Both are signed JW, I think they are acrylic. Measure 8" by 12". Also are these based on real birds, or are they just stylized birds.

 

Ughhh, please don't take it personally, but to my eye, almost all paint-by-numbers are just really awful...

http://www.paintbynumbermuseum.com/painting/44tt2

http://www.paintbynumbermuseum.com/painting/44tt3

~Cheryl

 

Given the precision/lack-of-shading, I would not be surprised if these are paint-by-number!
Seeing the back might help date them.
What are they? Maybe something in the Bird-of-Paradise or Lyrebird families. I don't immediately recognize them, so I'll look around a bit. I know there are a couple of folks here who know their birds... so we'll see.

 

I've been OUT-FERRETED by Cheryl! Beat me by a nano-second!

 

Whoa doggies, the only difference I see between the two paintings here and the two paintings in the link Dragonflywink(Cheryl) posted is that the second painting in the link has a different frame.

Bless Patty, I never knew that frames came with the "paint-by-number" sets.

 

Still have bloody tears on my face from scrolling through the 'Museum' - but the darn things have been selling well for me for a few years now...

~Cheryl

 

Wow, that was fast, thanks so much. I never realized there was such a market for paint by number pictures.

 

I love most of them. They were a hot sell some years ago. Are they still?
I've done many but not for a long time.
I know I have a few completed and some in their boxes. I'm pretty sure the point was to have a finished piece and so frames were in the box too.

 

I learned a lot here. Thanks, y'all!

 

OMG...I found the one my mom did, which is sitting in the attic, because I could never find the heart to give it away!
http://www.paintbynumbermuseum.com/painting/29l

 

Oh! That's a nice one.
I think I also have a huge one of that woman in the blue dress.

 

Okay, I actually sort of like that one, and the example shown is pretty well done...

~Cheryl

 

After she finished it, Mom said she thought it looked awful. But Dad put the frame on it, and hung it in their room. I love it because she did it.

 

I do colored pencil realism. My brother-in-law was at the house once and said my work was nice. Then he said "My wife does paint by numbers, too." I didn't have the heart to tell him mine were original.

NOT paint by numbers.

 

You are a woman of strength and reserve. I would have scratched his eyes out. Figuratively. Maybe literally. No. There are laws.

 

OH
MY
GOD!!!
That is beautiful!!!!
AND my favorite color!!!!

 

That is a beautiful piece Bev, you are very talented

 

*bowing down *

 

That's lovely!