It’s another rainy day today, so our bird feeders are extra busy.
The young male Anna’s hummingbird (bottom) is sporting some impressive chin plumage, but missing his tail feathers.
birds
prints – 25% off + crow prints
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INPRNT is offering 25% off all prints until Sunday, Jan 4, 2015. So I’ve added a couple new pieces to my shop.
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sketchbook – hummingbirds
Recently, I found some old sketches I did years ago for a (killed) project. I’m feeling a bit inspired to revisit them and take them a bit further, now that I have regular, living reference buzzing around outside the window.
WIP – Ravens | blocking in
Switching from crows to ravens for a while. Started blocking in a new painting this weekend, based on some iPhone video I shot last summer on Seymour Mountain.
This stage of a painting feels a bit like sculpting to me.
WIP – Crows, Rock, Driftwood
Studio visitors
These visitors to the feeders that hang outside the studio window make a working weekend much more enjoyable.
sketchbook – watercolour pigeons
Finished sketches, based on photos I took of pigeons in Stanley Park.
They’re all painted without drawing first, in an attempt to loosen up and accept and embrace the mistakes.
These were fun and I think another pigeon reference shoot is in order.
Crow print available
![Common Crow [1]](https://i0.wp.com/farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8562522897_0c1948ee7a_o.jpg)
Common Crow [1]
I really enjoy drawing and painting crows. I have a few pieces I’ve done in a variety of mediums over the years, and a bit of a project planned for the future.
Currently, I am giving society6 a try with a print of one of my crow drawings (the original is india ink on paper). I’ve toyed with the idea of prints for a while, but it’s just not cost effective for me to go get them printed – and frankly, I’d prefer to channel my time into work, not into printing, packing and shipping. It’s pretty cool that there are now a lot of choice with print on demand outfits that handle the fulfilment.
[Very limited info alert] – From now until March 17, 2013, midnight, shipping is free if you follow this link) – http://society6.com/Kirsti?promo=473c0c
After March 17 – http://society6.com/Kirsti
I’d recommend the smallest size – it’s closer to the original size of the work.
Some more crows (not as prints) – watercolour crow, unfinished crow oil painting, willow charcoal on vellum crow.
sketchbook – preening pigeon
pencil on cartridge paper
Birds, Bees & Monkeys
Macaques & Koi (detail) | thumbnail drawing – pencil on cartridge paper/digital
I’ve updated the sketchbook part of my website with a few more drawings from a recently canceled project. I’ll probably take them a little further on my own and use them for style and medium experiments.
Kirsti Wakelin 