I stopped by Magnolia Pearl, a beautiful shop just east of Fredericksburg, Texas. I found this just off the front porch: an old pickup truck converted into a chicken coop. I didn’t see any chickens, though.



I stopped by Magnolia Pearl, a beautiful shop just east of Fredericksburg, Texas. I found this just off the front porch: an old pickup truck converted into a chicken coop. I didn’t see any chickens, though.



Day 13 of the 2018 Direct Watercolor Challenge: a cockatiel.

#30x30DirectWatercolor2018 Day 13
Oh, look, a rest stop
Convenient, isn’t it
This wire hanging here

The bluebird was hanging out around its nesting box in the early morning. I was waiting for it with my camera. I think it’s sitting on a rain gauge.

Our homework assignment for Week 5 in the Natural History Illustration 101 course was to submit an outline sketch of a mammal and to provide a few sketches of a bird. I chose these two subjects because I have good photographs of them.

Dama Gazelle, from Africa

Black-bellied whistling tree duck