We love getting rose-breasted grosbeaks at our feeders in the summer. A fairly constant stream visits until late summer when they start to disappear. These gorgeous animals are one of the reasons I became obsessed with birds.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds have great attitude and seem to exude total confidence. When we moved into our house we went about planting gardens, shrubs and trees to attract birds and butterflies. We supplement the natural selection of food with feeders. Typically … Continued
Snowy egrets are undeniably attractive birds. To my eye they seem perfectly designed. This cooperative bird was in Little Estero Lagoon in the Ft. Myers, Florida area. It is a fantastic place to see and photograph birds in morning light.
This is a pencil sketch of a meadowhawk dragonfly. In hot weather they often perch with their abdomens pointed at the sun. This decreases the surface area of their body being heated by the sun so they don’t overheat. At … Continued
I’ve had a lot of fun painting these small insects. This summer I took a ton of photos of dragonflies and damselflies. These tiny animals are easy to overlook, but they are spectacular on close observation.
We were lucky to have bluebirds nest in our yard again this year. We had 2 successful fledges of 6 birds each.
This summer we were lucky enough to have 4-5 Baltimore orioles coming to the feeder right outside our kitchen window. They were attracted by the grape jelly we were leaving out for them. We also got the occasional catbird. The … Continued
This interactive Step-by-Step is of a basset hound called “Fritz” that I did as a commission. I thought it would be worthwhile putting together a demo with all the fur and grass that needed to be rendered in this example.
