Nature journals

Blitz55 · 14 Apr 2022, 16:45

Those are great! I love drawing birds as well, really I love bird watching, if you've never looked through a pair of really really nice Binoculars at birds, it changes everything, it's addicting!

Kristen Lango · 15 Apr 2022, 17:52

@Valerie-Light Thank you! And wow! I love these, expecially the cow - I can see the movement of the paint and I love that I can see it's done traditionally, those bleeds and brush strokes are just wonderful. These are really joyful to look at

Kristen Lango · 15 Apr 2022, 17:52

@demotlj haha I totally know how you feel! I'd love to meet up and sketch together, but I'm sure we are located far from each other

Kristen Lango · 15 Apr 2022, 17:54

@Blitz55 Really lovely! You're so brave for taking on trees in this way - they always overwhelm me. Loving the colors on that third image

Kristen Lango · 15 Apr 2022, 17:56

@demotlj Really nice work again! I can see that northern harrier pouncing - you really nailed his pose and the action that birds of prey exhibit

Blitz55 · 26 Apr 2022, 06:26

Couldn't help but do another hornbill. Weather is starting to get better so at some point I'll be outside drawing from life again.

demotlj · 26 Apr 2022, 10:42

@Blitz55 You do beautiful work. Hornbills are fascinating looking birds.

Blitz55 · 26 Apr 2022, 20:58

Thank you so much @demotlj
And yes they are, from what little I've looked into them I couldn't find a definite reason why they have the huge horn bit on the bill. Sounds like there are theories but nothing concrete, at least from what I read.

Blitz55 · 23 May 2022, 15:49

Some drawing as I walked around in the woods for a few hours.

demotlj · 2 Jun 2022, 21:35

I’ve been doing a lot of bird painting now that nesting season is here. This is a juvenile American Redstart in the woods near me. He was really sweet - I love his fluffy roundness.

demotlj · 18 Jun 2022, 13:39

I was taking pictures of these cows so that I could paint them and a farmer stopped to see what I was up to. When I showed him my camera, he said, "OK," and drove off but I could see he thought anyone who found cows worth photographing must be a little strange. Would he have thought it less or more strange that my intent was to paint them?

Anyway, playing with ink and watercolor here. I am very fond of E.H. Shepard's style (Winnie-the-Pooh).