Oils vs. Acrylics: My Goldfinch [View all]

I am now satisfied that acrylic paint is just not my thing and I can't get it to work the way I want. After watching a video series on how to paint birds I decided to take a crack at it without having to deal with the slow drying time of oils or the tricky transparency of water color - so, acrylics. This was the result:



I wasn't satisfied with it - couldn't get the detail or subtler colors I wanted, so I tried it again in oils. It took a lot longer but I think it came out better (and the underlying drawing was better on the second try):



What do you think?