The Big Week
This is the week! Warblers and thrushes are winging their way back to the Northeast, and each morning we’ll step outside to new songs amid flowering and newly green trees. Many of these birds will be hard to spot in the foliage, but their songs and movements will give them away. You’ll see from my yearly bird records that this great return is remarkably consistent from year to year. Let the big week begin! Tips and Techniques– I did this painting for my recent online class Warblers in Watercolor. It was fun… Read More
Warblers in my Sketchbook
Spring is here! Well, not really. It will be a few weeks before things start to green up and another six or seven weeks before the warblers show up in New York. In the meantime, it’s 40°F, raining, and gray, and the only warblers I’ll be seeing for a while are the ones in my sketchbook. Tips and Techniques– You can see from my color notes that I used very few pigments to paint each of these birds. When choosing colors for a subject, experiment with a few mixes and see if… Read More


