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Category Archives: Draw a Bird Day

Draw a Bird Day: Blue Jay

08 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Draw a Bird Day

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acrylic paint, bird, birds, Blue, Blue Jay, collage, Draw a Bird Day, Painted paper

Here are my 2 blue jays that I made for Draw a Bird Day.

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I’m planning to use one of them for my Christmas Card, but I can’t decide which I like better. Please let me know which one you prefer and help me select my centerpiece for my Christmas card. I love how my painted blue jay paper turned out.

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I have been working on building up my painted paper stash because I want to get into more painted paper collages. This texture and color combination screamed blue jay to me. I grabbed an awesome reference photo from Kathy at backyard bird nerd and I was off! Laura at create art every day is taking a break from blogging, but I wanted to keep in practice for Draw a Bird Day.

 

Fanciful Bird

08 Saturday Oct 2016

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Draw a Bird Day

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art, bird, Draw a Bird Day, Inktense, zentangle, Zentangle Inspired Art, Zentangles, ZIA

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Today is Draw a Bird Day! The 8th of every month is Draw a Bird Day and it is hosted by Laura at Create Art Everyday. I generally prefer a fanciful, rather than a realistic bird. This is getting close to what I have in mind. I will keep practicing! This was created using Pigma Micron pens and Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils. I used 4 Zentangle patterns to decorate my bird, Finery, Footlights, C-six, and Candleglow. For more tangle patterns go to TanglePatterns. For more information about Zentangle see Rick and Maria at Zentangle.com.

Draw a Bird Day: Swallows

08 Monday Aug 2016

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Draw a Bird Day, Gratitude journal

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art, art journal, birds, collage, gratitude, gratitude journal, trees

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While the birds may be a little lost in the page,  I wanted to participate in the Draw a Bird Day with Laura at Create Art Everyday.

I heard a quote somewhere about the sky holding a memory of the shape of the bird as it flew and it was really beautiful, but I can’t find quite how it goes or the notebook where I wrote it down. These Swallows are my attempt to illustrate that quote. They are attached to a pair of pages with lots of gratitude laid down in layers. There is a lot of shower curtain development in some of the early layers. There is also evidence of unpacking. Part of the reason we have so much stuff is illustrated by the birds. They are made from the inside of envelopes. I saw some art somewhere by someone (again with the faulty memory)! and it included collaged pieces of different envelopes with the varied blue patterns and it was lovely. I Also included some prints from leaves from trees in my back yard. We have a little Japanese Maple, which is a tree I have coveted for a long time. Unfortunately it is not very healthy. I will do what I can to nurse it back to health, but I’m not optimistic. We also have a few lovely towering oak trees (another tree I have coveted). And they are very healthy. So much beauty surrounds me. I hope you were touched by beauty today.

Draw a Bird Day

08 Wednesday Jun 2016

Posted by Jeanette Clawson in Draw a Bird Day, Gratitude journal

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Altered book, cardinal

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This papa Cardinal has joined me for meals over the years I have lived in this house I am preparing to leave. It seemed appropriate that he would be the first bird I drew for draw a bird day. I am so grateful for the beauty of my back yard and our breakfast nook where I can sit and always have a lovely view. To learn more about Draw a Bird Day check out Laura at Create Art Everyday!

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