An interesting afternoon in my garden - we were visited by a couple of pheasant coucals. The first indications they were there was a loud 'whoop whoop whooping' on the roof of my house. I thought my appearance with a camera resulted in what I think was a 'younger' bird taking off into a my... Continue Reading →
Our garden is regularly visited by Noisy Mynas Manorina melanocephala - they are cheeky, chirpy and obviously noisy birds and think nothing of chastising our dogs - from a safe height obviously. However they are also very aggressive, and they travel and attack in packs. I have seen them in groups of about 6 or... Continue Reading →
I was inspired by a recent post at A Snail's Eye View about emus to have a look back at some photos I'd taken about 6 months ago of Emus. Here's a drawing I just completed - it's just a study and yes the mistakes jump out at me but it is the first drawing... Continue Reading →
Lemon Migrant (Catopsilia pomona) Some more Australian butterflies from the Coffs Harbour Butterfly House. Cruiser (Vindula arsinoe) Lurcher (Yoma sabina) Orange Lacewing (Cethosia penthesilea) Common Crow (Euploea core) Varied Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina) Orchard Swallowtail (Papilio aegeus)
We visited Coffs Harbour Butterfly House yesterday. There were lots of wonderful Cairns Birdwing Butterflies - Ornithoptera priamus - fluttering by... they are such beautiful large butterflies. They are closely related to the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly.Â
The way that Tawny Frogmouths exhibit expression is through their faces using their eyes and beak to do this is extremely important - I think their "eyebrows" also help! So have added 3 more 'expressions' to my studies. These drawings are ones that I'll pick up an do for a morning when I know I... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 