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AvesInArt: Challenge Day 23
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 23, 2015. January 23rd. You may have trouble finding the bird in my sketch today, but it's a scene I saw a few days ago. A bluebird fluttered into the gray and white scene and perched on a branch in the middle of the tumult of ice breaking up on the river - such a contrast! Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Sharpie marker and just a little colored pencil. January 23, 2015. Willimantic River, Willington, Connecticut, USA. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). January...
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AvesInArt: Halfway through our Challenge!
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 16, 2015. Halfway through our Challenge! Another day to do my bird drawing indoors - and another museum specimen. This time it's a wing, rather than the entire bird. This type of preparation is good for showing feather detail - such as the showy white patch the mockingbird flashes as it flies. Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos. Ink wash and sharpie marker. January 15, 2015, UConn Biological Research Collection, Storrs, Connecticut. View my complete profile.
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AvesInArt: AiA Photo-Sketch Challenge
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 21, 2015. Day 21 - Most days, I get out for a walk at lunchtime, and usually with my binoculars along. Most days I see this guy too - the very familiar robin. American Robin (Turdus migratorius). Colored Pencil. January 21, 2015. Hamden, Connecticut, USA. Jorge's after-work outing took him back to the manure piles behind the barns on campus. The ever-present starlings were again, present, and also this sparrow. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) male. AvesInArt ...
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AvesInArt: January 14 - Challenge Day 14
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 14, 2015. January 14 - Challenge Day 14. Jorge's photographic essay of sparrows continues with this Song Sparrow. Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia. January 2015, Connecticut, USA. Sue's glimpses of urban birds today included the flamboyant mockingbird - but huddled against the cold it looks rather less so! Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos. Sharpie marker and colored pencil. January 14, 2015, Hamden, Connecticut, USA. Northern Mockingbird on a sign. AvesIn...
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AvesInArt: Penultimate Day of the AiA Challenge
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 30, 2015. Penultimate Day of the AiA Challenge. January 30th. How do you hide a one-meter tall bird? First scrunch it down to half a meter, then make it the color of the winter marsh, then make it perfectly motionless. Today I found this heron in the same little pool where my mergansers and mallards hang out. GREAT BLUE HERON (Ardea herodias). Colored pencil. January 30, 2015. Hamden, Connecticut. COMMON MERGANSER (Mergus merganser). AvesInArt Blog en Español.
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AvesInArt: January 25th - Day 25.
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 25, 2015. January 25th - Day 25. My bird of the day is a hawk that swooped low over my car as I drove into a parking lot. The black-and-white banding on the tail and wings and bright rufous shoulders are field marks for this species. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Buteo lineatus). Colored pencil and graphite pencil. January 25, 2015, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. ROCK PIGEON (Columba livia). January 25, 2015, Storrs, Connecticut, USA. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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AvesInArt: Bird-a-day for January 16th
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 18, 2015. Bird-a-day for January 16th. There are still a few "feeder-birds" that are missing from this collection of photos and drawings, so today I'm adding our most common woodpecker. Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens). Pencil and colored pencil. Willington, Connecticut, USA. January 16, 2015. Jorge's addition for today is a winter visitor to Connecticut, the American Tree Sparrow. American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea). Connecticut, USA. January 2015.
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AvesInArt: Final images of the AiA Challenge
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News and commentary about birds in art. Jan 31, 2015. Final images of the AiA Challenge. January 31 - A bright, sunny day, a foot of snow on the ground, and the temperature barely broke 15 F. With the wind blowing hard all day, it felt more like 15 below zero, but, because it's Saturday - we headed out with binoculars, telescope and camera and tried our luck. Three miles from home we found a half dozen mergansers on the river. COMMON MERGANSER pair (Mergus merganser). Sharpie marker. Challenge, Day 26.
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