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| Hand Woven watercolor/gouache 11.75 x 10 |
is a fairly common sight this time of year, especially if you are an observant nature-lover. My husband knows where every feathered nest is in our yard. We wait on the trimming until the first brood has flown. We painted nests in class. Almost every artist was able to bring in an abandoned nest. There they were in all their glory...feathers, strings, fishing line, small bits of paper and even some Chinese money plants woven in. They are an art form unto themselves. The challenge was to create an entire composition around the nest....where the dark brownness of the nest did not overwhelm value-wise to create a "hole" in the picture. We had some amazing results! Each one different. Each beguiling. The results were as glorious as the nests themselves.
