#warbler
This was just luck. Yellow warblers hardly ever sit still but this one had been tussling with another one and it must have been stunned or worn out because it landed on this stem and just sat there for long enough for me to zoom in and take these pictures.
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“Rousing the Trees”
Yellow Warbler
5″x7″ Oil on panel
This painting is part of Operation Gaia, under the Early Birds theme. A sweet yellow warbler sings his early spring song, as the trees wake from their winter slumber.
This painting will be auctioned in February (will link when it’s live!), along with many other amazing artworks from many artists, with all proceeds to benefit the National Audubon Society. Now in its second year, last year artists raised over $4,000 to help our avian friends. Help us help birds! If you’d like to create art for Operation Gaia, see my previous reblog for more info.
@operationgaia Is the Tumblr account for Operation Gaia.
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I found an old brush pen that @vantid gave me last Monday and it seemed like a sign that I should try my first Inktober. I had never used the brushpen (nor, indeed, done inktober) before, out of fear (fear of ruining art supplies, fear of sharing). Well, the bush pen was given to me 10 years ago, and the ages have made the brushpen kinda cranky and crusty and it’s much different than the precise micron-type ink pens I’m used to, so it’s been a good way to make myself experiment a bit.
Days 1-5 of #inktober2018 done with straight ink
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