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Kate Hannings
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I draw and paint and knit and bake and garden. This will mostly be drawings.
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Curl crested aracari.
#sketchbook #birbfest #gouache
A gouache painting of a curl crested aracari.
March 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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A bird of many colors.
#sketchbook #birbfest #posca #pentelpocketbrush
A set of Posca markers sits next to an open spiral bound notebook. The notebook has ink drawings of a curl crested Acari bird and a mark drawing of its head. A closeup of a Posca drawing of a curl crested Acari.
March 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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#birbfest #sketchbook #posca #pentelpocketbrush
Ink drawing of a white crested helmetshrike next to a Posca drawing of the face of that bird. Sketchbook page with three drawings of birds and yellow, aqua, gray, and deep blue color swatches used on one of the drawings. The Posca markers used to make the color drawing sit next to the sketchbook.
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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White crested helmetshrike.
#sketchbook #birbfest #gouache
A gouache painting of a white crested helmetshrike bird with a green background.
March 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Dancing penguin.
A quick sketch of multiple penguins with a black pentel brush pen with a colorful penguin face made with Posca markers.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I remember we had a snowstorm blow through on the day of this painting.
#sketchbook #birbfest #gouache
A gouache painting of a King Penguin.
February 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I loved this four color combination together.
#sketchbook #posca #pentelpocketbrush #birbfest
Pentel pocket brush ink drawings of a Bluethroat bird. Also the set of four Posca markers used to do a portrait of the bird. A cream, ochre, light blue and cocoa square next to a Bluethroat drawing done with those four colors.
February 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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When I painted all of these birds I found that I especially liked painting the little round guys.
#gouache #sketchbook #birbfest
A gouache painting of a Bluethroat which, unsurprisingly, has blue feathers on its throat.
February 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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The key with any limited color palette is to have at least one light, medium, and dark value color. Using Posca markers which give flat washes of color really helped me focus on value.
#sketchbook #birbfest
A four color portrait of a cerulean warbler with next to an ink sketch.
February 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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This is the painting when I started feeling like I had a little more control in my mixes.
#gouache #sketchbook #birbfest
A gouache painting of a cerulean warbler.
February 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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It can be fun working with a limited set of colors to see how they work together.
#sketchbook #birbfest #pocsa #pentelpocketbrush
A green, aqua and cream profile of a green crowned plovercrest with a black ink sketch.
February 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Green Crowned Plover Crest. I’ve really been enjoying revisiting all these old sketches as I’m testing out Flashes.
#sketchbook #birbfest #gouache
A gouache painting of a green crowned plover crest.
February 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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And now the evening grosbeak in Posca markers and pentel pocket brush pen.
#sketchbook #birbfest
February 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Hey… watcha doin?
#gouache #sketchbook #birbfest
A painting of an evening grosbeak.
February 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Over the next few days I’ll be popping up some drawings I did during last year’s #birbfest when I couldn’t choose between using my pentel pocket brush pen with Posca markers and playing with my new gouache.

#sketchbook
Illustration of a groove billed ani bird.
February 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A throwback to when I first got some Posca markers and was having fun experimenting. My brother had a premonition while driving that there was a moose nearby. I illustrated the moment he saw it.
#sketchbook #posca
A drawing of a moose at a distance, closer and just its’ glorious moose head in aqua and peach.
February 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Grey headed coneflowers that sit by the curb at the top of my yard. I had fun playing with loose washes of color and marks in the background.
#watercolor #sketchbook
A drawing of some cheerful, floppy grey headed coneflowers against a moody dark green forest.
February 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A sketch of the tiger lilies in my yard.
#watercolor #sketchbook
Painting of two tiger lily flowers made with watercolor, a pentel pocket brush pen and neocolor crayons.
February 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I had fun playing with a pentel pocket brush pen, watercolors, and neocolor crayons to loosely capture some views around my house.
#watercolor #sketchbook
A drawing of tiger lilies cascading down a hillside with tree shaded houses in the background.
February 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Hellloooo. I’m going to use this account for my art to experiment with the Flashes app. Anyone else playing with a separate account for art?
A drawing of coneflowers and zinnias.
February 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM