The 3x5 Art Challenge is going around the internet... you post 3 pieces of art for 5 days, and tag others to do the same. Foregoing the tagging, I thought I'd share mine on the good old blog. Day 5, my most recent "thing" is my field guide paintings. I started doing these in order to better learn to identify my local birds. I started by painting all the birds of Merritt Island NWR. This was my first one, from 2010:
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1433/7684/files/day5birdsguide.jpg)
My favorite, Burrowing Animals:
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1433/7684/files/day5burrowers.jpg)
Another favorite, Sloths:
![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1433/7684/files/day5sloths.jpg)