I haven’t felt well since last week. I could be an ad for an allergy commercial and am on my third box of puffs. KeRChOO!!!

I have been sitting on the sofa watching HBO romantic comedies like Runaway Bride and watching the birds. Of course next thing I am sketching the ones that longer at the feeder.

The chickadee actually sat for a while. Usually they dart in and leave quickly. But this guy stayed for a while. Long enough to draw him. The cardinal sat on the rail for a while. I really like the way the cardinals turned out and the wrens.

I really love the cute little wrens. He actually sat on the deck for a while staring up at the feeder as if he was trying to decide if there was food up there.

This guy sat on the feeder for at least a half an hour. He was all fluffed up and just wallowed in the tray on the feeder.

I had quite a few problems. You can see in the next page it was plain so I added the old ledger paper to perk it up a little. But I still thought it was boring and added the blue background. Then I got into trouble because the word Goldfinch done with my usually reliable Carbon Platinum ink smeared. I fixed the name with a scrap of kilimanjaro watercolor paper. And called it quits.

I did have a yen to draw around it with a gold marker but no idea where mine is. So I am calling it quits.

I used Strathmore 500 Mixed Media paper Staedler pens Noodler Creaper Ahab caran d’aches neocolor ii