The Little Nuthatch
It's a skink!
Hi, little skink! Oh. Bye! I had a nice day at Wekiva Springs today. Although this blue tailed skink only stayed still for a second to let me snap a photo!
An order of books.
My birthday was two weeks ago, and I ordered some birthday gifts for myself on the wonderful AbeBooks. They slowly trickled in, and now I have them: Birds of the World, Remarkable Birds, and Trina Schart Hyman's Self Portrait. They are all everything I could have hoped for! And only $15 for all! Later on you will see all the Birds of the World and Remarkable Birds I am drawing, inspired from those books! For now, let me show you a couple pictures from Trina Schart Hyman's Self Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman is my favorite artist of all time. I...
New bird nest prints.
Yay, I finally have access to a camera that can take amazing high quality photos suitable for prints!! I use a scanner for most prints, but my Bird Nest series has to be photographed. So I spent today making a light box, taking the photos, and making them into prints. There are more to come as well, and the nicest thing is that now when I do the paintings I can make prints right away! Check out the new prints:
What are you, little buggy?
Oh, summer. I love the beach, and the afternoon rain, and most especially all the fresh fruits and vegetables that are in season. Here is a cute little buggy I was admiring the other day... What is it?
Vultures, Hawks, Falcons, Osprey.
I finished my painting of the "Vultures, Hawks, Falcons, Osprey" from the birdwatching list. The hawks look so similar to one another! My Audubon book wasn't cutting it so I had to go buy the National Geographic Field Guide to Birds to help in learning the differences between the birds. But who knew you could get a really nice copy of National Geographic's book at Borders for only 5.99? I used a coupon and it was 3.59, brand new! So very glad to have added that to my collection! It's a great book. Oh god, there are 230 more birds...