First I did a painting I called, Gateway Egret.

I signed it, put it in my catalogue, and hung it. Did a few other paintings.

Looking at it, I wasn't really satisfied with the egret. It looked more like a duck or a goose than an egret. But the painting is oil, and reegrettable.

I studied Google pics of egrets, and then I reegretted the egret, without regret.

I also worked more on the background, adding depth, the reflections, etc.

I'm much happier with this work now.

Hey, if I were going for a duck and had painted an egret, then I would have had to redux the painting instead of reegretting one! (snare drum roll with cymbol crash)

The original, unreegretted painting is below, and the reference photo is below that.

I didn't look at the ref photo when I did the repainting, and I'm glad I didn't because I like my painting more than I like the original photo - which I liked a lot, or I would not have painted it!