Category Archives: Sounds & Movies

Sound clips and videos

Sightseeing for the Sketchbook Tourist

Posted on August 29, 2014 by

  I like touring with a sketchbook. It requires something from me, the tourist. Drawing becomes an indelible piece of my travel experience, glued by hand into the flapping scrapbook pages of memory. The camera is essential, of course, and catches more images than the sketchbook ever will. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure!, Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, Diversions, field sketching, figure drawing, Music, Pop culture references, self-indulgence, Sketching, Sounds & Movies, travel, Video clips | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Orchids and Flycatchers, revisited

Posted on December 13, 2013 by

Drawing from videos: very useful if you don’t have live birds in your studio. While painting a pair of rusty-margined flycatchers, I was troubled by a weird head position in the field sketch. What looked okay in the drawing looked … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure!, Art, bird art, bird-drawing technique, birding, birds, field sketching, How-to, natural history, Nature, oil painting, painting, Panama, Pastel, rainforest, Sounds & Movies, Stupid Critter Tricks | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Friday Feathers- slaty-tailed trogons, masked tityras, and one big, beautiful fly

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

First day out of the box on the island and we had birds, thunderstorms, and a gorgeous huge tropical fly caught by researchers (and released unharmed). The birds were very cool but the bugs, oh my, the bugs. And now, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure!, Art, bird art, birding, birds, Diversions, Drawing, field sketching, Nature, nature journaling, Panama, plein air, rainforest, Science, self-indulgence, Sketching, Sounds & Movies, Stupid Critter Tricks, travel, tropics, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments