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Draw a Bird Day (warm-up)
First of all, I want to thank the Backyard Bird Nerd for her amazingly tight, crisp photos of the rose-breasted grosbeak. These photos beg anyone who’s interested in bird art to grab a pencil or...
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Easy Does It. And, Why Patient is Better.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ~John Quincy Adams OK, so yesterday I posted a “how to draw a bird ‘lesson’ “, which I...
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Fun Feathered Friends
I’ve been having fun drawing birds all week, in preparation for (the reprise of) Draw A Bird Day this Friday, the eighth. I found the photograph for this image at my friend Jodi’s blog at Life in...
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Good Sunday Afternoon
Kathy at the Backyard Bird Nerd took a whole bunch of shots of the rose-breasted grosbeak that I’ve been working on most of the week, and you may be tired of me mentioning them by now, but since...
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Hey, It’s Draw a Bird Day (the May reprise)
Hellloooooo and Happy Friday, peeps! And more importantly (what could be more important than Friday?!), it’s Draw a Bird Day, the May rebroadcast version! Are we flying?? Woooooooooot! (Or should I...
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Unrestricted, Uncaged
Well, here is my first attempt at a layered, mixed media art journal page. It was lots of fun. I started with a few shades of Portfolio water soluble crayon, which I liquified with a stiff brush…...
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Pregnant Bluebird
Some of us missed the actual Draw A Bird Day on April 8th and decided to celebrate it again on May 8, and on the eighth of every month. Well, I think I was all birded out last May 8, lol. Did I...
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Draw a Bird Day (July remix)
For anyone interested in having another go at Draw a Bird Day, the eighth is a week from today! I want to once again thank and recognize A Wing and A-Way for letting us know about Draw a Bird Day. We...
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Quick Flight
While doing something else the other night, the images of a couple of birds popped in my head, so I grabbed something and sketched them quickly. And I decided to bring this idea into a painting last...
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Zeroing in…..
….well, or trying, at least! Enjoying the journey. Loving watercolor more as I go. And I’m learning so much from this July challenge exercise. This is kind of a lagoon, was inspired by a photo I found...
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Ornithological
Oh, this alphabetical bloggy thing is a hoot sometimes. my Strathmore MM art journal Often, while browsing the blogs of photographer friends here on WordPress, a photo will beg to be painted. This...
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Petals & Plumage
I enjoyed making yesterday’s painting so much (in my mixed media journal) that I thought I’d try to make a few adjustments, and recreate it on watercolor paper. Thanks again to Bella, for the...
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Redbird
Since 8/1, I’ve been thinking about the August reprise of Draw A Bird Day. I picked up a superfine-nibbed PITT artist pen, because it was the closest to hand, and it seems I’m drawn more and more to...
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That Time? (Draw A Bird Day, August reprise)
Can’t believe a whole month has gone by since the last Draw A Bird Day (reprise) was celebrated on July 8! I hope both participants and viewers enjoyed creating / checking out the bird art! Here is...
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August Avian Assembly (Draw A Bird Day recap)
Here it is: the long-awaited list of artwork from artists participating in the August reprise of Draw A Bird Day on the eighth! I hope you enjoy! I enjoy following all of them, and I bet you would...
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Draw A Bird Day (September Rewind) Tues. 9/8!
Time flies. And so did WordPress, on August 8th, when so many artists honored our feathered friends in their favorite medium. A little birdie wanted you to know that the eighth of September occurs the...
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Draw A Bird Day (September encore)!
I want to once again acknowledge M. R. Emberson of A-Wing and A-Way for alerting the WordPress community to the holiday for drawing birds on April 8. A group of other artists and I have been carrying...
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Draw A Bird Day recap, September style!
WordPress grew wings once again on Tuesday, September 8, as a bunch of other artists and I celebrated Draw A Bird Day! These artists are a joy to know and to follow! We really have a wonderful art...
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Painted Art Quilt (progress post)
I have finally made some progress on my art quilt. You might remember the unbleached muslin panel I painted from this post. I added some layers of pigment to deepen some of the tones since then, cut it...
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Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Draw some Birdies?
I can’t believe it’s October already and I’ve been blogging every day this year?! Whaaaaa? Time flies. And speaking of flying….time to announce the return of Draw A Bird Day this coming...
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