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sketchybirder.bsky.social
@sketchybirder.bsky.social
Notes on a growing obsession.
Not an expert.
Anatomical accuracy aspired to, not guaranteed.
*Slowly pulling stuff over from IG*
Pinned
“No Longer Alone”

Acrylic on panel
13.75” x 9.5”

Back on IG, I had two separate art accounts: general & bird

They overlapped sometimes.

This from a series called Demiurge

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January 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In Our Rags of Light

Acrylic on panel
14” x 10”

Perpetual shout out to Leonard Cohen.

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#acrylicpainting #cedarwaxwing
January 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
California Scrub-Jay on a utility pole in Todos Santos, BCS, MX.

I did this on a tray table on our flight home last year… then wrestled with the blue to get it remotely right.

Marker, H2O color, gouache

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January 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Everything is Full

20” x 20”
Acrylic on panel

Everything is Full was one of those paintings that demanded to be made.

1/?

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January 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Scott’s Oriole seen in Cerritos, Baja California Sur in ‘23

Stunning birds. This year I learned to recognize their lovely song.

Marker on paper. I think I did this on the plane. 😅

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January 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Varied Thrush chowing down in Discovery Park, Seattle.

These birds have one of my favorite songs… a haunting multi-tonal sound that I associate with dark woods and evergreens.

Watercolor, ink, & gouache on paper

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January 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A Cassin’s Sparrow singing its little heart out at Pawnee National Grassland in Colorado.

National parks are national treasures. We need to protect them.

Watercolor and ink on paper.

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January 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Quick study of White Stork on a rookery with Cattle Egrets.

Seen in the Alentejo region of Portugal.

Acrylic on paper

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January 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Two years ago, a Snow Goose showed up in a field by Lowes.

I did a pencil sketch… then added marker… then watercolors… then acrylic… then drew digitally… then threw my hands up.

I found it a year later & didn’t hate it.

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January 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Western Fycatcher at the cactus sanctuary near El Triunfo in Baja California Sur, MX.

At the time it was called a Pacific Slope Flycatcher, but has since been lumped & gotten a new name.

Ink, watercolor, & marker

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January 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
European Golden-Plover at the ruins of the Marconi Wireless Station in Ireland.

Ink & watercolor on paper

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January 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A quick marker sketch of a Kentucky Warbler from a warmer, greener time.

I think this would be fun to paint.

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January 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
January 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM