THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO

Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

March Draw-a-Bird Day garners birds from around the world

This month we don’t have a theme for DAB-Day, so artists chose whatever avian species caught their fancy.

March 9, 2025 · 1 Comment

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

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

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

Lots of birds for October Draw-a-Bird Day

Here are the birds for October. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Paper Collage Birds These birds were in a blog post in September, along with … Continue reading

October 9, 2024 · 6 Comments

Draw-a-Bird Day for September: Cosmopolitan Birds

I always thought “cosmopolitan” meant urban (or even urbane), but I learned it means something different in nature. In the world of “biogeography,” a cosmopolitan animal is one that lives … Continue reading

September 10, 2024 · 1 Comment

More national birds for August DAB-Day

This month the theme for Draw-a-Bird Day is national birds. We’ve had that theme before, but hey, there are lots of nations. As it turns out, there may not be … Continue reading

August 9, 2024 · 3 Comments

Costa Rica Draw-a-Bird Day continues . . .

We have another piece of art for birds of Costa Rica. This just in from Kay Elsasser, who is allowed this late submission because she was out of town.

July 18, 2024 · Leave a comment