New work: A summer break

"A summer break ".
Birds: Cedar Waxwings.
Rendered With: Colored pencil and ink.

About Cedar Waxwings:
Where are they found? Parts of Central and N.America
How big are they? (medium) About the size of an American Robin.
What do they eat? They eat fruits and berries primarily.

How I created it

Illustration of step 1: Creation of base forms

- Blocked out the general forms of the birds lightly in color(light ocre and yellow) in the poses I found interesting.
- Added details to the birds.
- To create the trees and vegetation, I used a reference image to get the overall details right and then added vines and leaves to give it the right look.

Some humor: titles that didn't make it
"The berry bunch, after lunch", "Look, Joann! Here they come!"

Powerful Links
- Purchase prints of this piece
- Read more about these birds at whatbird.com

Today's quote and fact

Quotable

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you’ll be criticized anyway.” — Eleanor Roosevelt"

Fun Fact: 

Great horned owls “horns” are just tufts of feathers. Their ears, located at the side of their head, are capable of hearing a mouse moving 75ft away!
Source: Sandiego zoo, https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/owl

New work: Fall at Lake Still

“Fall at Lake Still”. Trumpeter swans. Colored pencils. May 2019

Living in the northeast US, I don’t get to see many swans(I see mostly geese), but they usually can be found in parts of Canada and the Midwest….and your local zoo 

Titles that didn’t make it: “And they’re off, “Onwards and upwards!”, We’re off to see the wizard!, “Swan flight”, “A tale of water and greenery”

Seen any fly by lately?

P.S. 11 x 17in print available soon. Will update with link when available.

New work: Evening Song

"Evening Song"

This primarily colored pencil piece is of two American Goldfinch, going about their day of foraging and song.

I chose purple to balance the yellow of the goldfinch. Purple is also supposed to be the color of royalty, so it works with the golden yellow splendidly.

How do I purchase prints? 
Use the "Art Store" link at the top right of this site.

Other things you can do....
1000 push-ups and 200 crunches.
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