Although not exactly the colors I wanted, still not a bad fuchsia.
drawing
BIRTHDAY SHARING
Share Your World 11th March The perfect day for this to show up. I was looking for something to talk about other than my orchids and our weird weather. Here are this week’s questions: What was your favourite pastime as a… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK GRACKLES
Encouraged by your encouragement, I did a few more Grackles. It’s our second invasion — maybe the third. I don’t know if the Grackles are really starving, but they act like they haven’t eaten in years. They act like that… Read More ›
SQUARE ODDS – A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK AND A SUNFLOWER SEED
The Square Odds – February Whether it’s a drawing or a photograph, this young Rose-Breasted Grosbeak makes me laugh. Those hooded eyes, the seed hanging out of his mouth. And of course, he is a baby with even more mottled… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 9 – GOLDFINCH
Undaunted by a previous failed attempt, I went back today. These aren’t bad. Imperfect, but better. It seems that like everything else, practice and keep practicing.
ONE MORE DRAWING
It was the middle of the night and for reasons I cannot explain, I needed to draw a Blue Jay. So I did. I’m not unhappy with this — not because it’s a perfect rendering of the Jay, but because… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK TWO – MOVING ALONG
I am not racing through this course I’m taking. First, I discovered I needed to get a real set of watercolors. The ones I have might work for a kid in grade school but are completely useless for this. But… Read More ›
SO COMETH THE SEASON
For a woman who isn’t religious and doesn’t celebrate any religious holidays, Christmas always sucks me in. I can’t help it. I don’t need any religious dogma to push me into it. It’s the lights, the colors and those wonderful… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 61 – HAIRY WOODPECKER
Downy and Hairy woodpeckers come to feed on the suet. I have photos both in one picture. This Hairy male has been working over the tree that shades our deck. It’s got some kind of boring insect problem. The woodpeckers… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS: APRIL 2022
The Changing Seasons, April 2022 Another not-very-photographic month. Lots of rain and damp, chilly weather. The few really bright days we had were also surprisingly cold. Today, though, I touched the window in the bedroom and it was warm! I opened… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 50-WHEN THE MAGIC DOESN’T WORK
The most annoying color in my various containers of coloring pencils is the one inevitably titled “Dove Grey.” My problem with this color is that Mourning Doves, of which we have quite that gather daily on our deck for the… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 45 – AUTUMN AGAIN
I know it’s barely spring, but autumn’s colors are such a magnet for me, I can’t quite break away. I was drawing something tonight and when I got to the leaves (having not yet filled in the ground) I asked… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 