Well, folks, it’s nearly here, so I thought I’d show you my Christmas Robin. In fact, this is the second version and I did enter them both into the Birdmas challenge. It was hosted by the Triwing Art Challenge blog on Mewe. Honestly, the artwork presented for this fun project was first class – Draw Twelve Birds for Christmas. And, I’m pleased to report that I did complete it in twelve days, running from December 1st till Dec 12th!
So, here’s version one- a quick watercolour sketch in my art journal. And the super photo I used for inspiration was taken in my daughter in law’s garden. You see, she loves feeding the birds who visit and some of them become quite tame, like this lovely little Christmas robin.
The Abstracted Version of my Christmas Robin.
After I had drawn a couple of straight up, realistic birds, I suddenly felt that I wanted to branch out a bit and use my imagination a bit more. So I drew this alternative version, and really enjoyed myself! Because I chose oil pastels from the very first sketch , I knew the lines would be a bit unpredictable. But, that’s ok – I really did want to create a loose drawing. So, this is my Christmas card to you – have a good one, in the circumstances, that is .
The Crazy Bird
Finally, here is my ten minute, acrylic marker crazy bird, created purely to cheer us all up! If you want to see more of the birds I painted for the challenge, see here and here.
I love the different personalities you captured here.
Thank you, Claudia. I never thought about it like that before. I might try some people next, like you!
I shied away from doing people for a long time. I thought I could not depict them correctly. Then somehow I just lost that worry and tried it out. I really love doing people now and I love including them in my pictures. Wish I’d been braver sooner.
Lovely sketch Margaret! Wishing you all the best, health, love and many blessings! And a very Happy Christmas 🎄,
Greetings from Spain,
F
Thank you, Francisco. Merry Christmas!
Such fun, Margaret! Merry Christmas!
Thank you, Melissa. Merry Christmas to you too!
Cute project!
I never know about these challenges, and I have hundreds of bird paintings.
Amazing how you manage to participate and create some new subject.
Merry Christmas and all the best for 2021!
Thank you, Inese.I was pleased that I managed to complete the challenge – it was only for 12 days you know. Any longer than that would have been too much for me. And, I do find that projects like this are quite inspiring and, for me, that’s what is lacking when I’m isolated like this. Merry Christmas, Inese !