THE WEDNESDAY STUDIO

Watercolor and Pastel Artists at CHAW

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

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

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

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

August 9, 2024 · 3 Comments

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

July 9, 2024 · 8 Comments

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

Great variety for March Draw-a-Bird Day

Here are the great birds submitted by artists for March DAB-Day. [Did anyone even notice that the blog did not have a DAB-Day post in February? That’s what I thought. … Continue reading

March 9, 2024 · 3 Comments