Tips and Techniques: Tracing Paper Transfers
Learn how to use tracing paper to transfer art from your sketchbook to your final painting surface.
Connecticut Warbler: Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
One challenge with this watercolor was trying to capture the feel of the dense habitat they prefer without having it be a terrible, jumbled mess.
Evening Grosbeak Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
Evening Grosbeaks eluded me for a long time. My first sighting was with my wife at Whitefish Point in Michigan. We also had Boreal Chickadees for the first time. That was an exciting day! Evening Grosbeaks are beautiful but somewhat … Continued
Blackburnian Warbler Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
My wife’s favorite warbler is probably the Blackburnian, followed closely by the Prothonotary. I did a watercolor of one ages ago on Black Cherry blossoms that she always brings up as a favorite. Until now, I hadn’t painted one in … Continued
Loggerhead Shrike Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
Another nickname for shrikes is “butcherbirds.” They often impale their prey on plant spikes, like those of a Hawthorn tree or, occasionally, on barbed wire fences.
Killdeer and Nest: Watercolor and Time-lapse Video + Kilimanjaro Paper Review
Well, he did seem to know a lot about the bird, but it was obvious to me that this one was in in terrible distress. I pleaded with him that we HAD to help the poor injured bird.
Blackpoll Warbler: Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
On some days in the fall it seems like we’re almost tripping over Bay-breasted, Blackpolls and “Baypolls,”
Wilson’s Warbler on Cherry: Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
Though Wilson’s Warblers only travel through Mid-Michigan for a few weeks every year, I look forward to seeing them every spring and fall.
Ovenbird Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
At a quick glance an Ovenbird might look a little more like a thrush than a warbler.
Yellow-throated Warbler on Palm Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that most birds are worthy of many paintings…