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My Sketchbook In March 2019

February 26, 2020April 2, 2019 by Julia

It’s time for reflecting another month of nature journaling. March is the time of the year around here where you can feel that nature is awakening slowly from its winter hibernation. The first few leaves and blossoms are coming out, and the birds are getting active with courtship, mating and nest building. For me, March … Read more

How To Draw Birds – Learn Basic Techniques For Drawing & Painting Birds (New Class)

November 27, 2023March 19, 2019 by Julia

A big part of my daily journaling is centered about birds, and I draw them almost every day. I know that a lot of people think (as did I when I first started out) that birds are hard to draw, because they move around, fly away, and have all these feathers and weird movements.They are … Read more

How To Paint A Great Tit In Watercolor – Bird Painting (Video Tutorial)

April 29, 2021March 12, 2019 by Julia

Great tits are very common and very agile birds that you can see a lot at the bird feeder in winter. They are the biggest of the Paridae family in Europe. The have a lovely black and yellow plumage. In this video I share my entire process for painting one of these cute little birds … Read more

My Sketchbook in February 2019

February 26, 2020March 5, 2019 by Julia

February was another month where I focused on drawing birds, there’s not much happening here aside from that and the last breaths of winter. We ventured out for a few small trips however, one of them to the Hoher Meißner region south of where we live, and this was a very inspiring day for me. … Read more

How To Paint A Fieldfare In Watercolor – Bird Painting (Video Tutorial)

April 29, 2021February 19, 2019 by Julia

The fieldfare is a common bird here in winter, and it’s a delight to paint. In this video I share my entire process for painting a bird with a lot of detail. How to paint a realistic bird in watercolor Click on the video to start the tutorial. You can slow down the video (in … Read more

Common European Birds – An Ongoing Painting Project

April 20, 2020February 12, 2019 by Julia

One thing I’ve been working more on in the last few months is drawing and painting birds. I always felt strangely fascinated by birds, and in recent months I have started to paint them. I was particularly interested in what species are common and rare here in Germany (and in Europe), so that was the main focus of my research before starting to paint.