Category: iPad Paintings
Meadowlark
Dove on the Run
White Dove III
White Dove II
Bird on a Wire
Dove
Crazy-busy day … but there is always time for a few lines.
Dove
Pigeon Landing
Proud Pigeon
Pigeon
Quite the Pair
Day 4 of Ducks
Duck Dynasty
Mister
Day 3 of Ducks
Day 2 of Ducks
Sweet Duck
I feel a week of ducks coming on.
Playful Partridge
I can’t help it…the crested partridge reminds me of the troll dolls I played with as a kid.
Aristocrat
Old jester Looks to the Future
Sometimes things turn up and you don’t know where they came from. But this old fellow makes me cry.
Crested Wood Partridge
Secretary Bird
Every time I give myself a little assignment, I find myself launched on a voyage of discovery. This week’s focus on fancy crowns or head feathers has led me to the Secretary Bird, sometimes described as an eagle on stilts– found across sub-Saharan Africa, up to five feet tall (almost as big as an antelope) yet weighing under ten pounds. Their Latin name, Sagittarius serpentarius, means archer of serpents, and they stomp poisonous snakes to death with their terrifying feet (I feel another foot drawing coming on.) And their head feathers are pretty amazing, too!
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Well over a year ago, I drew a bird very much like this Victoria Crowned Pigeon that I thought had come out of my imagination. As I learn more about birds, I realize that nothing I can invent surpasses what actually exists —though this beautiful creature is endangered in its native New Guinea.
Hoopoe
Why stop with just a few flashy head feathers?
Great in Gray…
The largest eagle in the world, the Harpy is, admittedly, a little odd looking… but I love those wild gray feathers…
Schalow’s Turacot
Gray Crested Crane
This week, I’m enjoying looking at spectacular head feathers …
Outta Here
Heron Feet
Heron Dancing
The 150th Bird
On this, my 150th bird-day, I’m celebrating with a peacock, a companion to the peacock I drew for the 100th bird-day…
Landing
More Owl Feet
Owl Feet are so Strange…
Quick Sketch
Crane Feet
Raven’s Foot
At this point, I have spent a fair amount of time contemplating my own crow’s feet, but this is the first time I have looked at a raven’s foot so closely. And like anything we honor with acute attention, it is exquisite and also a bit scary…
Red Sky Tonight
Little Red Bird
Chubster
Ghost Bird
And looser…
Loosen Up
I’ve been enjoying my jays, but they are getting very pretty and precise. I’m feeling the need to let go and loosen up.
Cajoling Jay
The verb cajole – to nag or wheedle or persuade – comes from the French cajoler, to chatter like a jay.