What’s in a name? Quite a lot when it comes to birds.
This month’s theme for Draw-a-Bird Day is collective nouns for bird groups. It sounded like an innocent-enough theme when we started out. But it’s complicated. First, as we learned from … Continue reading
National birds–some quite exotic, all wonderful–fly in for November Draw-a-Bird Day
Artists have had great fun this month with the theme “national birds.” Wikipedia conveniently provided us a list of them. I noticed 13 countries have an eagle as their national … Continue reading
The ABCs of Birds: October 2023 DAB-Day
This month’s Draw-a-Bird Day theme is the ABCs of birds. If artists chose to do so, they could submit a bird starting with A, B, or C, either in its … Continue reading
September DAB-Day: Hawaiian Birds
As a tribute to Maui and the terrible fire that the people (and birds) there went through in August, we chose Hawaiian birds as the theme for this month’s Draw-a-Bird … Continue reading
August DAB-Day theme: Local Birds
For August I asked submitters to Draw-a-Bird Day to focus on their own local birds. We’ve enjoyed the months when there has been a DAB-Day theme–Ukrainian birds, extinct birds, and … Continue reading
June is a great month for birds!
Here are the submissions for June 2023 Draw-a-Bird Day.
CHAW Student Show gives us all a chance to show our stuff
You are all invited to attend the reception of the Student Show this Saturday, June 10. Each adult in an art class at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop may submit … Continue reading
Great birds for May DAB-Day
It’s May, glorious May, and these are the birds submitted for Draw-a-Bird Day (May 8; DAB-Day is the 8th of every month).
Spring and birds just go together
The birds for April Draw-a-Bird Day are definitely in the mood for spring, with courting, eggs, and chicks.
More art from the Wednesday Studio
Continuing on with yesterday’s blog post featuring art by Ellen, Kay, and Tara, here are works from other Wednesday Studio members. Vince Iannacchione Vince’s art is often imaginative, even surreal. … Continue reading
THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO 