sydbird

if you’re here, i sure hope you like birds

sydbird
sydbird@mastodon.art

Working on @JustinDonaldsonArt homework from his landscape course… from my bed :)

A painting set up made for sitting in bed, featuring a lap desk with a sketchbook, a portable gouache palette, assorted brushes, a clamp reading light, and an iPad for reference A gouache painting of some small leafy plants
February 04, 2023
sydbird
sydbird@mastodon.art

a photogenic eastern phoebe.

a grey-brown flycatcher perches on a twig, looking intense to the right a grey-brown flycatcher perches on a twig adorned with dried leaves
January 21, 2023
sydbird
sydbird@mastodon.art

red-cockaded woodpeckers :) an species in my home state. I was really lucky to encounter a small group of these woodpeckers squawking, chasing each other, and loudly pounding trees. they didn't seem to care I was on the path right below them!

a black-and-white woodpecker faces towards the sky, clinging to the side of a pine tree. the background is a blurred blue and green a black-and-white woodpecker faces towards the sky, clinging to the side of a pine tree. the background is a blurred blue and green, and tree bark is falling beneath the bird a black-and-white woodpecker faces towards the sky, clinging to the side of a pine tree. the background is a blurred blue and green a black-and-white woodpecker faces towards the sky, clinging to the side of a pine tree. the background is a blurred blue and green
January 21, 2023
sydbird
sydbird@mastodon.art

a pinecone.

a medium shot of a pine cone on a pine needle covered forest floor a wide shot of a pine cone in a pine forest a close up shot of a pine cone with a burred background a close up shot of a pine cone with a burred background
January 21, 2023