American robin watercolor

These paintings all fall under "economy of brush strokes." I wanted to see how few strokes and how little detail was needed to capture the feel of the bird (I used no pencil marks either...just worked with the paint brush). The first in the series was the wren. By the time I got to the chickadee I found I didn't need many brush strokes at all to come up with a likeness... (check out the date on the paintings. I wrote 1-2011...that's so me. At least I got the month right!). Painting 212…

It's spring time! Trees are blooming, and robins are looking for worms. I thought this would be a great time to introduce my 1st grade students to artist J. J. Audubon. I told them about how he was not only an artist, but also a scientist! As a scientist, he studied birds, and knew exactly what different kinds of birds look like. He could identify birds by how they look. He had to be very good at noticing details. I showed my students his robin picture: And we looked at how he included all…

Meet Pemberley (photo via)This is the story of a little American Robin named Pemberley. It was

Peter Sheeler Art

American Robin...acrylic...2019

The American robin heralds spring in Canada - arriving early and leaving in the fall for warmer climes. From my original oil painting. -- Choose from our vast selection of stickers to match with your favorite design to make the perfect customized sticker/decal. Perfect to put on water bottles, laptops, hard hats, and car windows. Everything from favorite TV show stickers to funny stickers. For men, women, boys, and girls.