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Phenology Wheel Update: April
April was a wonderfully busy month in the tiny studio (new drawing adventures ahead) and suddenly we are well into May and I haven’t updated my phenology wheel.
If you happened to miss the previous three monthly updates, let me fill you i...
Bonus video: Draw the faithful beauty butterfly
This week, I’m uploading my full video course Butterflies in Colored Pencil to 32artcourses.substack.com and I wanted to share a free sample lesson. Have fun!
Our drawing subject is a tropical moth with a dazzling color and pattern. I had...
Adding color to your ink resist drawing
Meadowlark Part 2, a continuation of my previous post
Watercolor’s softness contrasts perfectly with the bold, rustic lines of ink resist. Here’s how to finish your meadowlark with a blush of color and the addition of smaller details:
Spray your drawing with a garden hose
(It's part of the process when you're doing ink resist)
Today’s meadowlark project features an unusual technique that has become one of my favorites: ink resist. (It is also sometimes called gouache resist.) The final “reveal” step, in whi...
Sketching the lark who isn't a lark after all
In preparation for our next ink and watercolor project
Out here, my noisy neighbors are all grassland birds: mornings are filled with the electrical buzzer call of red-winged blackbirds, the familiar “bob-white” of quail, and the wistful s...
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Happily living in a tiny cabin with two dogs and a stack of sketchbooks, I am a fulltime artist/naturalist specializing in birds, butterflies, botanicals and small furry creatures. Draw with me!
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