tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618025896103645633.post984895771568761677..comments2023-11-25T08:33:24.935-05:00Comments on art, birds, nature: Discreetly Tooting My Own HornKen Januskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984782169460110520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618025896103645633.post-9653677457976341542011-06-17T08:59:57.036-04:002011-06-17T08:59:57.036-04:00Thanks Diane. I think I should have gotten the ema...Thanks Diane. I think I should have gotten the email by now if I'd won so I'm sure I haven't. But I'm still happy to have gotten as far as I did.<br /><br />I'm glad you enjoyed the slideshow. The Artists for Nature Foundation has published a number of books of artists and their work on projects and they're really wonderful. Unfortunately they're a bit expensive and seem be even pricier as used books.<br /><br />Keep sketching the birds that come to your feeder. I've been at it for 5 years now I think on top of my many years as an abstract artist and it's still really difficult. But there comes a time when you get good enough to be happy with some of your results. And once you get that far it's hard to stop! I now love the chance to go out birding with my sketchbook.<br /><br />I'd also recommend my friend Tim Wootton's book, 'Drawing and Painting Birds', which is now on sale in the US. I was just rereading it and I think he gives a lot of helpful hints to anyone who is new to drawing birds. The main thing though is to just enjoy it and keep at it!Ken Januskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984782169460110520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618025896103645633.post-37218158042831620802011-06-17T08:27:29.782-04:002011-06-17T08:27:29.782-04:00Congratulations on being in the finals, hope you d...Congratulations on being in the finals, hope you do get an email saying you won. But even being in the finals is an honor.<br />Also I enjoyed the slideshow. Nice of you to post it as I would not have come across it on my own.<br />I lurk here looking at your birds especially at the sketches. I try sketching the birds that come to my feeder and I like to see how real artists do it. They move so fast I never quite get them down!Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610795692040637626noreply@blogger.com