Draw-a-Bird Day for August: Australian Birds
This month’s DAB-Day theme is birds from Australia. It turns out Australia has more than 700 species of birds, and when you add in Australia’s offshore islands, it comes to … Continue reading
July DAB-Day celebrates America’s founding
Twelve score and ten years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. To celebrate our country’s 250th birthday, the theme this month is birds starting with … Continue reading
Wednesday Studio members
This is the Wednesday Studio blog, but many readers, and some contributors, don’t know what the Wednesday Studio is. It’s a group of artists who meet weekly at the Capitol … Continue reading
Songbirds fill the air for June DAB-Day
The theme for June 2026 Draw-a-Bird Day is songbirds. I learned that songbirds are the largest suborder of passerines: There are 4,000+ species of songbirds, ranging in size from the … Continue reading
Wednesday Studio artists try yet another art medium
Anne Shields has a beautiful set of plates her mother painted, and Anne decided to paint a set for herself. That’s just about the whole story. When Anne decides to … Continue reading
Wading birds is the theme for DAB-Day May 2026
Two years ago the Draw-a-Bird Day theme was “shorebirds.” The category includes short-legged birds that run along the shore, such as plovers and sandpipers, and also long-legged birds that fish … Continue reading
April Draw-a-Bird Day: More of the alphabet of birds
This month’s theme is birds that begin with L,M, or N. Another alphabet DAB-Day was October 2023, with the ABC’s of birds. DAB-Day is open to all. Send a photo … Continue reading
Paper collages of flowers
This week the Wednesday Studio branched out and worked on a different kind of art. Our teacher, Ellen Cornett, brought sheets of paper she had painted with acrylic. Some also … Continue reading
March 2026 Draw-a-Bird Day
This month the blog does not have a theme for DAB-Day, and we have a wonderful variety of birds. Two ibises, though! And I found out that the roseate spoonbill, … Continue reading
First Draw-a-Bird Day for 2026
Here are the fabulous birds that flew in (well, except for the penguins) for January DAB-Day. Welcome to new DAB-Day contributor Joanie Edwards!
THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO 