Curious Quail

Fooling around with a technique using acrylic medium to imitate some of the look of encaustics. Didn't quite work--it's too clearly acrylic still, might be using the wrong medium, although I've gotten some suggestions for getting a more wax-like result--but the end result was kind of interesting anyway. The thick gold lines are done with modeling paste, which I popped into a bag and squeezed out the end like icing a cake.

The quail appears to be a relative of the one from Quail and Quagga...

6 x 6, mixed media on board. Original is for sale, prints available, visit Red Wombat Studio to order: [link]