THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO

Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

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

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

September 16, 2024 · 1 Comment

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

It’s June, and birds are busting out all over

Here are the wonderful birds that artists submitted for June Draw-a-Bird Day:

June 9, 2024 · 2 Comments

Cedar waxwings from previous posts

The Wednesday Studio blog has had eight appearances of cedar waxwings. Their mask and bright yellow tail tip are beautiful and distinguishing marks.

April 30, 2024 · 1 Comment

Our art is on display in DC gallery until May 18 (reception this Sunday)

“The World as We See It” is the Wednesday Studio exhibit currently at Frame of Mine on Capitol Hill (545 8th Street SE). You can stop by any time Frame … Continue reading

March 20, 2024 · 1 Comment

CHAW Student Show bigger than ever

The current semiannual student show at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop is pretty awesome, and the opening reception on December 9 was awesome, too. For starters, there were 39 works … Continue reading

December 11, 2023 · Leave a comment

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

November 9, 2023 · 6 Comments

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

September 9, 2023 · 2 Comments

Missing my buddies

The Wednesday Studio is on a summer break, and it’s lonely on Wednesday mornings. In lieu of seeing them in person, I’m posting a few pics I took last winter … Continue reading

July 14, 2023 · 4 Comments