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| A landscape using stick pastels and 3 birds using pastel pencils done on sketch pad paper, pastel paper, and suede board |
I have been painting birds lately, different kinds of birds, different mediums, and different surfaces in order to best advise our 4-H club members on choosing an art project or two to do this year. Here are some I've done.
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| Birds done in oils |
The highlights of our meeting today are shown in the following photos. Some of the girls shared things they have been working on or made since our last meeting.
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| A colorful quillow unfolded |
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| Colorful quillow made into a pillow |
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| A well done bird sketch |
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| A sunset in progress |
Our main activity was painting an owl using the techniques I learned years ago in decorative painting. It was difficult for some of them since it was the first experience for most of them to use oils (water mixable). I think they did well on their little owls painted on brown grocery bag paper. Practice makes perfect!
