Being part of Gallery 9 has brought some interesting opportunities for commissions. I have painted red winged black birds for an anniversary, nuthatches for a birthday, and most recently, a couple who lives on Discovery Bay came to me with a very fun request. They had new cork floors installed, and made use of the overage […]
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Category: Birds
Quick studies
If you come to my studio open house in a couple of weeks, you will see a flock of these small postcard watercolors (available for purchase). They are pure pleasure to create: I sketch in pencil quickly from those darling little mushroom birds I have perched all over my studio. Then I use liquid frisket […]
Mushroom Birds
Obviously birds are hard, if not impossible, to sketch “on the fly”. My bird paintings as shown elsewhere on this site, are drawn from photos, mostly from used scientific and bird watching books I got at Powells. These small postcard paintings, however, were drawn from “real” fake birds…. ie the delicate birds (often with clips) […]