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  • Color of Bird Feathers

    Color of Bird Feathers

    As I continue lessons in watercolor painting of Shorebirds with Ian de Hoog, our bird subjects these past weeks brings color of feathers to mind. The colors in the feathers of a bird are formed in two different ways, from either pigments or from light refraction caused by the structure of the feather. www.allaboutbirds.org Of…

    MSRitzman

    November 2, 2022
    2022 Color
    color choices, Color week, Ian de Hoog, shorebirds, watercolor birds, watercolor practice, Winslowartcenter.com
  • Birds Eye

    Birds Eye

    I am back in class with Ian de Hoog painting birds, specifically Shore Birds. I have found that Ian’s unrelenting focus in his bird painting process – on the bird head and specifically the birds ‘eye’ makes this class a wonderful learning platform for watercolor techniques.

    MSRitzman

    October 22, 2022
    2022 Color
    Arches Cold Press Rough, color choices, Color week, heron, Ian de Hoog, killdeer, watercolor birds, watercolor practice, Winslowartcenter.com
  • Vacation Mirage

    Vacation Mirage

    Palm trees and a noisy bird are the subjects of our colorful vacation mirage.

    MSRitzman

    March 6, 2022
    2022 Color
    color choices, Color week, Green jay, Ian de Hoog, Palm trees, Shari Blaukopf, Vacation watercolor sketch, watercolor birds, watercolor practice
  • Green Birds

    Green Birds

    I am back in a Winslow Art Center online class – Birds! Delving Deeper with Ian de Hoog. We are focusing on green birds and mixing beautiful and illusive green hues. Our green bird this week is the Violet-Green Swallow – a small sleek bird with long pointed wings and slightly forked tails. Length 4.7…

    MSRitzman

    February 21, 2022
    2022 Color
    All about birds, color choices, Color week, Ian de Hoog, Violet green swallow, watercolor birds, watercolor practice, Winslowartcenter.com
  • Winter Color Icon

    Cardinals do not migrate so you can spot them year-round. However, some find it easier to spot them in winter because of their color. Birdwatchingbuzz.com Red is an iconic color of Christmas and the Great Northern Cardinal is an iconic winter bird in many areas of the United States making this red bird the subject…

    MSRitzman

    December 16, 2021
    Sketching
    Cadmium Scarlet, Christmas, color choices, Color week, Great Northern Cardinal, watercolor birds, Winter bird
  • Color of a Crow

    In our class this past Saturday we learned to layer colors to achieve a dark color bird without using all black washes. This crow starts with Cobalt, Ultramarine and Quinacrodone Violet. Finished with Joe Z Warm. This following crow started with Prussian Blue and Lavender A Cormorant for practice    

    MSRitzman

    November 11, 2020
    Sketching
    Sketching, watercolor birds
  • Birds Class

    Session #2. Color values, painting the eye / Goldfinch

    MSRitzman

    October 12, 2020
    2022 Color
    Ian de Hoog, watercolor birds, watercolor practice
  • Birds

    A sketching friend was enrolled in a ‘Birds’ watercolor class and every week she shared her work and talked about the tips from Ian… Ian de Hoog Recently I followed along with a couple of his demos and really like his style of teaching and techniques.  I am now enrolled in his next class and…

    MSRitzman

    September 2, 2020
    Sketching
    Ian de Hoog, watercolor birds

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