I got my eye on you
Anyone else feel uncomfortable about how intensely this seagull is staring at me?
HEY!
Little delicate song birds chirp this adorable chirps… whereas seagulls sound the like the equivalent of some angry guy saying, “HEY!”
Pogo Stick
Is it only me, but when birds stand on one foot they look like they are standing on a pogo stick?
Lazy Day
Seagull are the ultimate beach bums, right?!? All they do is hang out watching the ocean and eating when they feel like it.
Sounds like a pretty good life to me.
Photo Bomb
A seagull pops his head up into my artistic shot of blurry shorebirds wading in the surf. This bird totally has the impression of saying “Hey, watcha doin’?”
Universal
A shot of a seagull that I took while in Venice a few months ago. It’s funny that I immediately didn’t recognize that this was Italy and not California. I guess a seagull sitting on a wooden post in the water is a pretty universal image.
Lots of Gulls on the Pier
I liked my Gulls on the Pier so much that I decided to turn it into a triptych. These are on the Arches coldpress paper and I’m excited to see how they will turn out. I got the idea from a series of three watercolors that I purchased in Italy of the Italian countryside. They were tiny, tall, and skinny so I framed them in huge frames to make them fit onto an entire wall.
I’ve had several people inquire about purchasing artwork from me, so I’m in the process of figuring out how to make that happen. I’ll be redoing my website so I can have an online store. Please let me know what kind of pieces you would like to see there!
I’ll keep you updated on my progress.
Gulls on the Beach
I got some Pebeo Drawing Gum
Birds that are white always cause an issue for me because I’m not sure how to make them interesting. Since there is no much color on the bird, you have to make the picture interesting by adding color in the background.
Anyways, I would love your feedback!
Gulls Still on the Pier
Another version of my Gulls on the Pier. I wanted to see what it would look like with the drawing gum technique around the edge of the background. I don’t love the water or the shading as much as the first one, but I wanted to see what it would look like before I tried it out on nicer paper.
I’m thinking of doing a ‘gulls sitting on stuff’ series. I don’t know why, but it’s so amusing to me to go to the beach and see gulls sitting on every single possible surface. They are very versatile creatures. 🙂
Birding Ninja 