Hide And Seek

Starting out a new month with some new ideas for paintings and images to share for workshops. The last part of January Rick and I went camping at Patagonia Lake State Park. This area is known for the thousands of birds that live there, some part year (truly a snow-bird) and some are permanent residence.

We saw a Clark's grebe, our first sighting, and were told they are rare. Lots of heron's, great blue and green. Love drawing/painting herons, see one coming soon! It is good to feel like painting again, I have been struggling with wanting to work this winter. Cardinals were everywhere the males had their bright red coats on showing off for the ladies. The lake was full of coots, a small water bird, that literally runs on the water. I could not get a picture but next time we are there will spend some time waiting for this action, just because it was fun to watch and could make a fun drawing.

Here are a few photos from land and water. This is the "hide and seek" part...not that hard to find but hope you enjoy.