When I started drawing again, I sketched a variety of topics before I found a peculiar joy in drawing birds. Back in June I came across an old photo of a cat I owned many years ago. He loved sitting watching the birds and squirrels and one day I was lucky enough to capture [...]
Entries from August 2009
How much is that cat in the window?
August 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Art and Ceramics · Drawing & sketching · Pictures
Cheek by beak
August 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
I have a terrible time with perspective. It often takes a couple of tries to get a particular aspect correct. A good example is the sketch of my little House Finch. The first one was coming along fine, until I hit his beak. Take a look:
From Catpaw’s Art work – birds
Beaks are a [...]
Tags: Drawing & sketching · Going to the birds · Pictures
Puffin stuff
August 27th, 2009 · No Comments
I am so excited about this news! I LOVE puffins. Since grade 3, when I made my first plasticine puffin I’ve been in love with them. You can keep your penguins, puffins are seriously cool birds – they swim AND fly so take that penguins. Plus the name is just plain fun to say – [...]
Tags: Day in the Life · Food · Going to the birds
I’m depressed…
August 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Yes… I am… totally depressed. My jam didn’t jam. We are canning fruit and veggies for winter along with some jam. Everything has been going along toodly fine. Well everything except my lovely peach jam. Sigh … guess I can use it as pie filling during the long cold months. It’s ever so depressing when [...]
Tags: Drawing & sketching · Food · Going to the birds