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Painting birds and turtles…

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are good rainy day activities when I can’t get outside and this week I had plenty of opportunity to do some painting.

I painted this little chipping sparrow yesterday. I am working on a project that will involve a lot of detail and since that isn’t my usual way of working I am practicing with little pieces like this one.

Today I painted these little diamondback terrapins from a photo I took a few years ago while working at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. They may look small and cute but this tiny painting took hours to do!

Both these little paintings are now for sale in my MaryRichmondDesign shop on Etsy.

Chipping sparrows….

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are among my favorite spring arrivals. Small, even for a sparrow, they sport a very visible rusty cap and are quite noisy with en emphatic fast trill.

They are quite well camouflaged as they forage in low bushes and on the ground. This bird is picking up nesting materials which you can see better if you click on the image.

Here is another shot of the same chipping sparrow. We saw this little guy at the Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary early this morning.