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For The Birds

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In lieu of an Illustration Friday drawing today, I drew some more pages in my Charlie Harper sketchbook. Today we have the Osprey (above), the Eastern Bluebird and Painted Bunting

And the Burrowing Owl

For most of the outlines, I decided to work on using my brush pen for a little practice. I switched to my .005 Micron pen for the owl because it had so many tiny details and I don’t have that much control when using the brush. I colored with my Prismacolor markers.

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Ever Seen Inside a Sand Dollar?

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“Breaking Free”, mutlimedia on watercolor paper

I had been resting my sand dollar on top of my chalkboard (which is quite shakily balanced on two nails and often falls down when I erase) until a few days ago. It fell down onto my desk and split almost exactly in half, spilling the tiny birds between the pieces.

It was a ready-made art project. I just used watercolors to create the blue-to-purple wash and then glued the pieces on.

I love the fact that there are tiny birds hiding inside the shell, kind of like a flat egg.