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!
Chevy Chase Art Walk works again for Anne Shields
This is the first time I had the chance to visit the Chevy Chase Art Walk in person, and the art was great. I went to see Anne Shields’s “installation” … Continue reading
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
The Wednesday Studio does collage
Last Wednesday in the studio we had the opportunity to make paper collages. It was the idea of our teacher and coach, Ellen Cornett. Here’s what Ellen had to say … Continue reading
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
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
Birds of Costa Rica featured in July DAB-Day
The Draw-a-Bird Day theme this month is the birds of Costa Rica. Wikipedia informs us that Costa Rica, which is smaller than the state of West Virginia, has the greatest … Continue reading
It’s June, and birds are busting out all over
Here are the wonderful birds that artists submitted for June Draw-a-Bird Day:
Student show reception coming up
This morning some of us in the Wednesday Studio helped our great teacher, Ellen Cornett, hang the art for this spring’s Adult Student. We call it “hanging the show,” which … Continue reading
Nocturnal birds is theme for May Draw-a-Bird Day
There are more than 11,000 species of birds. Not that many are nocturnal. Here are some of them.