Grackles a Plenty

The summer has been flying by and it’s been a hot one. I am already for Fall to arrive so I can not melt every time I go outside. Though this summer has been good for bird watching, in early June there were a lot of Grackles hanging around. They are unassuming at first and then you notice their iridescent feathers. I tried to capture their essence in this drawing but I find them very hard to draw. Next on my list to draw is a Hawk or a humming bird, or maybe I will draw a food item. So many things to draw so little time!

Every So Often

Every so often we see Blue Jays in our front yard and it never gets old. They are such a shy, beautiful bird. Whenever we see one we drop what we are doing to just stare at them until they fly away It’s kind of funny because they have a not so pretty call. I drew one in my sketch book a while ago and I have been wanting to try and draw one again. We will see there is so much to draw and so little time.