spotted sandpiper

Above is a spotted sandpiper I painted in class with Ian de Hoog, who is a really wonderful bird painter.

And below is one I painted on my own after class.

I think my paintings would really benefit from some of the pre-painting prep work Ian does, like deciding on the color mixes ahead of time.

So why do I very rarely do it? Weird.

And this was my one attempt to follow along with Birdtober, #2, the campo flicker.