Tag: goldfinch

Splatter

April 22, 2015Pen and Watercolor, , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

Lesser Goldfinch Watercolor

I’ve been enjoying the Lesser Goldfinches that have taken over my backyard the last few months. I thought that I should paint one.

I still keep feeling that my watercolors don’t reflect the constant movement of birds, so I’ve been trying out different techniques to try to capture that feeling. I think that this splatter effect works well.

Supplies used: Sakura Micron Ink Pens, Short Handled Brush Set, Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Color Set, Epson Perfection V600 Scanner, Canson Watercolor Paper Pad

Wind in my feathers

March 16, 2015Photography, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

Lesser Goldfinch in the wind

A Lesser Goldfinch braving the intense wind we’ve been having. I’ve started putting out njyer seed and now my yard is significantly more yellow.

Black Gold

March 12, 2015Photography, , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

Lesser Goldfinch

or Texas Tea.

The First Green is Gold

March 7, 2015Photography, , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

Lesser Goldfinch

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

– Robert Frost

Golden Eyes

March 4, 2015Pen and Watercolor, , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Orange-crowned Warbler

Another part of my top 100 series, here is an adorable Lesser Goldfinch.

Supplies used: Sakura Micron Ink Pens, Short Handled Brush Set, Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Color Set, Canson Watercolor Paper Pad

Blue Steel

March 3, 2015Photography, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3 Comments

Lesser Goldfinch

A Lesser Goldfinch using the fence for voguing for the camera. As soon as I saw him I couldn’t help thinking of this scene from Zoolander talking about Blue Steel.

Puff ball

February 12, 2015Photography, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

Lesser Goldfinch

A Lesser Goldfinch hanging out on my back fence all puffed up against the increased cold.

Golden berries

December 31, 2014Pen and Watercolor Pencil, , , , , , , , , , , 3 Comments

Goldfinch Sketch

Little sketch I did around Christmas. When you look at Christmas bird art, it’s always cardinals which doesn’t really apply in Southern California… so I thought that I would draw some Lesser Goldfinches instead. I’ve been getting quite a few around them here because I’ve started hanging nyjer seed sock in the backyard. So I’ve started associating them with winter.

Supplies used: Sakura Micron Ink Pens, Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils , Canson Watercolor Paper Pad

New Birds

December 11, 2014Photography, , , , , , , , , , , 6 Comments
Orange-crowned Warbler
Song Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch
Black Phoebe

We’ve been having lots of new birds hanging out in the yard because of the fountain. Here are a few.

Panning for Gold

November 7, 2014Backyard Birding, Photography, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

The group of Lesser Goldfinches that have taken up residence in my new fountain.