The nickname for Spruce Grouse is "fool's hen".  These ground-foraging birds are described as behaving as if they are tame....

I have several nature-related traditions during the winter months that keep color and inspiration in my life. One of these is making home-m...

I don't think it's unusual for artists to feel anxious when they begin a painting.  As Ann K. Lindsay , my teacher and mentor expre...

A sketch is the artist's road map, like a tool for planning your journey.  Besides being its own form of art and a record of observation...

My unfinished sketch of the pot of hen-and-chicks is moving forward in interrupted increments, as in, whatever time I can grab before and af...

Sounds easy enough.  But there is definitely a shift between photographing birds and sketching them.  And another gigantic shift between ske...

Seeing is a big word when it comes to making art.  In fact, seeing is everything. Seeing your subject, the shapes, the detail, focusing in ...