THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO

Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

October birds are ready for Halloween

For this month’s Draw-a-Bird Day, our artists submitted birds that are orange and/or black, a theme chosen by Anne Shields as appropriate for October, Halloween month. Three Wednesday Studio watercolorists … Continue reading

October 9, 2025 · 4 Comments

Cavity-Nesting Birds for May Draw-a-Bird Day

Cavity-nesting birds build nests, lay eggs, and raise their young within a sheltered chamber, often a tree cavity or a structure like a birdhouse. “Primary cavity nesters” excavate their own nesting … Continue reading

May 9, 2025 · 2 Comments

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

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

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

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.

May 10, 2024 · 2 Comments

April DAB-Day theme: Shore Birds

Artists were invited to submit work showing shore birds for April Draw-a-Bird Day. What a delight to see all of these water birds. Both Judith Davis and Tara Hamilton chose … Continue reading

April 9, 2024 · Leave a comment