Hummingbirds and Rhododendrons, crayon drawings, practices, and direct ink painting, 6/4-5/18

For my adult art class demo I worked in crayon, as we all do. With my watercolor student I did the same basic exercises but using a brush with black watercolor direct to paper. Practicing the strokes and shapes gives the confidence to paint directly. The group of three birds was just another practice sheet. Figures like that easily make a nice grouping because of their shapes.

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