Coffee Sparrow

 I figured I'd show a WIP of a painting I did yesterday. I felt like painting using pretty much just coffee.
Yes, coffee.
And of course I painted a sparrow!!
So, here's a walk through. The finished painting is at the end.

The sketch. A little difficult to see, sorry. I start all my paintings with a pencil sketch.

 The first layer of coffee. Everything gets  a coffee wash.

 Darkening up the brown areas. This is around 5 washes of coffee.

 Another 10 or so washes of coffee, and adding the black watercolor.

More coffee, more black watercolor. Almost done!

The finished painting!! Painted exclusively with coffee and black watercolor! Yay!
Part of A Study in Sparrows.

Sparrow Lines

I was doodling a sparrow and went over it in ink. I'll probably end up coloring this, either colored pencils or water colors . . . we'll see! Drawn on cardboard.

Sparrows!

Newest photos I've added to A Study in Sparrows. These were taken at the Denver zoo by yours truly!

Sparrow Sketch

I was bored while watching tv so I sketched up a little sparrow. Yay! Part of A study in Sparrows.

Entry Number One

I made myself a plush sparrow!!!! And I named him Buster Keaton! Oh yes . . .
Anyway, Buster here is my first official admission into A Study in Sparrows. I quite like him. He fits in my palm. In fact, he's sitting in my lap right now :)

Deer and Cherry Blossoms

I don't think I ever shared this here! I did this drawing for my tattoo on my left arm. It's colored pencil and ink. A mule deer buck with cherry blossom branches for antlers.

And the tattoo. I love my deer!

Happy Valentine's Day

My son gave this to me this morning! Love that little guy . . .