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Archive for February, 2008

Posted by Jocelyn Posted on Feb - 24 - 2008

Snow Day on the Metz

It’s been years since I’ve pulled out the acrylics, but I just wasn’t up to the challenge of all that white in an unforgiving and potentially muddy medium like watercolour. The option to revise, of course, means that I did just that — and lots of it. Weeks of repainting, reworking and frustration, but she’s  [ Read More ]

Categories: Artwork
Posted by Jocelyn Posted on Feb - 16 - 2008

Count Weekend

Early Saturday morning I headed out to the folks’ to complete my contribution to this year’s GBBC. With spring approaching, the resident pair of Pileated Woodpeckers become much more vocal and are usually easier to find, and my goal today was to track them down. I found the female low on the trunk of a  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches