@sketchybirder.bsky.social
Notes on a growing obsession.
Not an expert.
Anatomical accuracy aspired to, not guaranteed.
*Slowly pulling stuff over from IG*
Not an expert.
Anatomical accuracy aspired to, not guaranteed.
*Slowly pulling stuff over from IG*
These are fantastic… and wonderful to read.
January 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
These are fantastic… and wonderful to read.
We were lucky enough to see one in Baja California Sur last month. Such a cool bird!
My digibin images are nowhere this nice. 😅
My digibin images are nowhere this nice. 😅
January 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We were lucky enough to see one in Baja California Sur last month. Such a cool bird!
My digibin images are nowhere this nice. 😅
My digibin images are nowhere this nice. 😅
Wow. I did not guess aquatint when I first saw this.
January 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Wow. I did not guess aquatint when I first saw this.
This is great.
January 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is great.
I’m a FT teacher so it’s not really been my priority… which is to say here and there, but no shop or gallery
January 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I’m a FT teacher so it’s not really been my priority… which is to say here and there, but no shop or gallery
OMG. That’s so cool. 🤩
January 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
OMG. That’s so cool. 🤩
Aren’t they fantastic?
January 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Aren’t they fantastic?
And just for fun, this is the first image I have of it.
Sometimes it’s nice to map and measure and lay everything out…
But it’s also really fun to just grab a brush and figure it out as you go. 😁
6/6
Sometimes it’s nice to map and measure and lay everything out…
But it’s also really fun to just grab a brush and figure it out as you go. 😁
6/6
January 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
And just for fun, this is the first image I have of it.
Sometimes it’s nice to map and measure and lay everything out…
But it’s also really fun to just grab a brush and figure it out as you go. 😁
6/6
Sometimes it’s nice to map and measure and lay everything out…
But it’s also really fun to just grab a brush and figure it out as you go. 😁
6/6
A month later, I grabbed a blank panel and 💥boom💥. Things developed a bit over time, but the bulk of the painting was there on the first pass.
Here it is at the end of that first session.
Sometimes painting is like that. Usually it’s not, but when it is, it’s a real joy.
5/6
Here it is at the end of that first session.
Sometimes painting is like that. Usually it’s not, but when it is, it’s a real joy.
5/6
January 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A month later, I grabbed a blank panel and 💥boom💥. Things developed a bit over time, but the bulk of the painting was there on the first pass.
Here it is at the end of that first session.
Sometimes painting is like that. Usually it’s not, but when it is, it’s a real joy.
5/6
Here it is at the end of that first session.
Sometimes painting is like that. Usually it’s not, but when it is, it’s a real joy.
5/6
It was like living in champagne bubbles.
And there in the middle of it all was the most adorable little death bird— watching, preening, waiting to strike.
I digiscoped a bit of video and went about my business… but that image stuck.
4/?
And there in the middle of it all was the most adorable little death bird— watching, preening, waiting to strike.
I digiscoped a bit of video and went about my business… but that image stuck.
4/?
January 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It was like living in champagne bubbles.
And there in the middle of it all was the most adorable little death bird— watching, preening, waiting to strike.
I digiscoped a bit of video and went about my business… but that image stuck.
4/?
And there in the middle of it all was the most adorable little death bird— watching, preening, waiting to strike.
I digiscoped a bit of video and went about my business… but that image stuck.
4/?
As I watched him, I was enveloped in sensation— wind blowing from the river; the smell of mud & winter; the songs of finches, wrens, & sparrows; the rumbling of cars & trains across the river. Even the gray-looking sky was actually full of color, shimmering as the mist filtered the thin sun.
3/?
3/?
January 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As I watched him, I was enveloped in sensation— wind blowing from the river; the smell of mud & winter; the songs of finches, wrens, & sparrows; the rumbling of cars & trains across the river. Even the gray-looking sky was actually full of color, shimmering as the mist filtered the thin sun.
3/?
3/?
In 2022, I took my scope down to Chapel Harbor on the Allegheny River to look for waterfowl. As I walked down the waterfront, I caught sight of a male American Kestrel perched in a sycamore tree.
2/?
2/?
January 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In 2022, I took my scope down to Chapel Harbor on the Allegheny River to look for waterfowl. As I walked down the waterfront, I caught sight of a male American Kestrel perched in a sycamore tree.
2/?
2/?
Thank you!
January 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Thank you!
This was at a banding event, and it was unbelievable how tiny they were! I’ve never seen one in the wild (someday…), so it was a real treat.
They clacked their little beaks and acted fierce, but were such tiny little nuggets.
They clacked their little beaks and acted fierce, but were such tiny little nuggets.
January 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This was at a banding event, and it was unbelievable how tiny they were! I’ve never seen one in the wild (someday…), so it was a real treat.
They clacked their little beaks and acted fierce, but were such tiny little nuggets.
They clacked their little beaks and acted fierce, but were such tiny little nuggets.
Thank you 🙂
January 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Thank you 🙂
This is part of why I deeply appreciate a good deadline.
January 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is part of why I deeply appreciate a good deadline.
This location name makes me imagine a Beginner Marsh and an Advanced Marsh… the latter would probably have lots of hybrids, gulls, & identical-looking waders.
Lovely bird and lovely pic!
Lovely bird and lovely pic!
January 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This location name makes me imagine a Beginner Marsh and an Advanced Marsh… the latter would probably have lots of hybrids, gulls, & identical-looking waders.
Lovely bird and lovely pic!
Lovely bird and lovely pic!
Thank you!
January 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thank you!