Project Peacock

I was originally going to do a painting of a dancing man, however as I paint the background gray, I was struck with the idea of a black background.

Obviously, dancing man didn't work out. So I had to think of a different subject.

While I search the web, I can across a photo of a bird.
It was originally gonna be a parrot, but I decided I wanted to be a peacock instead.

I didn't want my peacock to be like the typical peacock image, so I searched poses for peacock and struck with the idea of its back view.

The early stages.

To my surprise, I loved how the colors popped against the black background. 

Here is my finished product: