Song birds and ink pens

I tackled a blue jay today. Well, not really, I tackled the task of sketching one in pen and ink. As with my previous ones, I’ve used an earlier drawing and fleshed it out with nib pen and ink. I used Winsor & Newton’s Nut Brown ink this time. Very similar to the Peat Brown, [...]

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More Pen and ink birds

I’ve been playing with different nibs with my pen and ink birds. I’ve been switching between large nibs and ultra fine ones to get a nice shadowing and feathering effect. Today, I redid a little pencil sketch of a Beswick Wren I drew about 2 years ago. I used a couple of nibs, primarily a [...]

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Feathered and fluffy

Oh baby it’s cold outside. Way too cold. I think when I went out earlier the weatherman said it was about -25c. Gawd I hate the winter. I know, I know… I’m Canadian and by default I’m supposed to love playing in the snow, skiing, hockey skating… everything snow and ice related. Somewhere in my [...]

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Look up in the sky

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s .. no .. no I’m pretty sure it’s a bird. From Catpaw's Art work – birds Twitter This Usuario: Password:

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I’m not complaining…

Well… yes I am. I hate the cold. I’m consoling myself with the knowledge that we really aren’t cold – at least not compared to the -50 degree weather Alberta stumbled through last week. One place in Alberta was even colder than Siberia – that’s how cold it was out there. Edmonton has now risen [...]

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Imagine that – catpaw isn’t moaning and complaining

It was either birds or more moaning and complaining about the TTC today – I decided you needed a break from my mutterings and rantings and opted for a bird: From Catpaw’s Art work – birds Periodically I’m nice. Couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t attach the link so you can see the bird just [...]

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