Welcome to my very first blog!
I've been drawing ever since I was just a little girl. Some of my very first scetches include a whole page full of birds. Though during elementary school and junior high my main drawing objects were wolves, foxes, dogs and cats, I've now started to return to my roots - to drawing birds.
During Fall 2006 I started to get more serious about birdwatching. As I realised I didn't have a camera to record my sightings visually, I had only one option left - to draw down what I saw. And when an Azure tit appeared in my home city (a very rare migrant from Russia), I was desparate to have some kind visual record of my encounter with the blue and white little fellow.
I didn't have much of a chance to make field scetches, but later on I did some based on memory, and checking the color patterns from a bird guide. Since I wasn't satisfied, I moved on to do some drawings based on actual pictures, and after that took out my memories again and did a couple of drawings and paintings.
The Azure liked to hang around in bushes. It was December, and the seashore was dull gray and cold, but the little thing was happily hopping around in the bushes, brightening up the day of those, who got to see it. I've wanted to see one ever since 1999 when I first saw a picture of one. Thus the encounter was extra special for me.
It was quite a sight to have my "dream bird" right in front of me at a close distance, calmly minding its own business. It flew to the top of the reed...and slid down. Flew up again...and slid down, obviously having (almost as much) fun as the one observing it. The Azure is still the most special rarity I've seen, and no doubt will remain the dearest.
I didn't have much of a chance to make field scetches, but later on I did some based on memory, and checking the color patterns from a bird guide. Since I wasn't satisfied, I moved on to do some drawings based on actual pictures, and after that took out my memories again and did a couple of drawings and paintings.
The Azure liked to hang around in bushes. It was December, and the seashore was dull gray and cold, but the little thing was happily hopping around in the bushes, brightening up the day of those, who got to see it. I've wanted to see one ever since 1999 when I first saw a picture of one. Thus the encounter was extra special for me.
It was quite a sight to have my "dream bird" right in front of me at a close distance, calmly minding its own business. It flew to the top of the reed...and slid down. Flew up again...and slid down, obviously having (almost as much) fun as the one observing it. The Azure is still the most special rarity I've seen, and no doubt will remain the dearest.
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