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Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

February DAB-Day features state birds of states where US Presidents were born

The third Monday of every February is Presidents’ Day, and blog follower Marc Shotten suggested that the theme for this February Draw-a-Bird Day be the state birds of US presidents. … Continue reading

February 9, 2025 · 1 Comment

Anne Shields and Tara Hamilton art in new exhibit in NW Washington

We in the Wednesday Studio are so pleased to learn that Anne and Tara have works on display across town. “Expressions of Community” is the name of the exhibit that … Continue reading

January 21, 2025 · Leave a comment

January 2025 DAB-Day: revised post including all the birds

Greetings, again, bird lovers and art lovers. Earlier today I published the first 2025 blog post, but it turns out I left out not one, but TWO birds, including my … Continue reading

January 9, 2025 · 2 Comments

I forgot a bird!

We did have another bird, and another new artist for January 2025. This image came in on January 3—so early I overlooked it when I did the DAB-Day post earlier … Continue reading

January 9, 2025 · 1 Comment

January 2025 DAB-Day: New year, new artists, new birds

Happy New Year, all. Draw-a-Bird Day has a new contributor this month—Barb Zimmer. And I overlooked pointing out several others who joined our merry band in the last few months: … Continue reading

January 9, 2025 · Leave a comment

December Draw-a-Bird Day arrives

Greetings, all, on this last DAB-Day of 2024. Here are the wonderful birds submitted. I like it that two artists submitted emperor penguins—in one the penguin is brooding an egg, … Continue reading

December 9, 2024 · 4 Comments

November DAB-Day focuses on female birds

This month our Draw-a-Bird-Day theme, suggested by Anne Shields, is female birds. And what a lovely assortment we have!

November 9, 2024 · Leave a comment

Art League show includes two works by Carolyn Ronthaler

Congratulations to Carolyn for having two watercolors selected by the juror for the new Capitol Hill Art League show, “By Design.” The show opened this week at the Capitol Hill … Continue reading

October 30, 2024 · Leave a comment

More art from the Chevy Chase Art Walk

When I wrote the blogpost about the Chevy Chase Art Walk I attended last Sunday, I meant to include more photos from the home that Anne Shields shared with her … Continue reading

October 26, 2024 · 2 Comments

DC office site features walls of art, and our Tara Hamilton is there

Taras has two pieces of art in a fascinating office space in Northwest Washington. The co-working office space, called Hera Hub, has a mission to “provide entrepreneurial women with a … Continue reading

October 23, 2024 · 1 Comment