Birdspot. On the road. Drawing birds.

Archive: December 2007

cool city bird sighting: Frank C. was headed to the subway for his usual morning commute when he saw a flurry of activity across the street, in a patch of grass that could referred to as a yard if you happen to live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Mere feet from people walking along the sidewalk, a [...]

Here is another landscape drawing that I have started. As always, it is pen on grey paper. This one is about 7.5 x 4.”

Inside on a Saturday (would you want to walk through holiday crowds in Herald Square?), I have picked up on an unfinished drawing from my residency in October… thought I would post five stages. Somehow this is still not quite finished.

From Central Park, from the W. 96th St. entrance and around the Jacqueline Onassis Reservoir: Pied-billed Grebe ** Double-crested Cormorant Canada Goose Mallard American Black Duck Northern Shoveler Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull (1000+ gulls, on the water and the jetty) Rock Pigeon* Mourning [...]