Seagulls in the Parking Lot

Seagulls in the Parking Lot
5 Minute Sketch
Pen and Ink

The other day Alexander and I went shopping. It was an overcast day and there were dozens of seagulls all over the parking lot. While Alexander ran inside a shop to grab something, I sat in the vehicle and quickly sketched a few of them. This was not easy to do because they kept moving around.

Dexter

Dexter
Pen and Ink

This is in my little purple Moleskine. I am working on improving my pen and ink work. I am not thrilled with this pieces, but it really does look like Dexter.

Lovebird and Fish

Lovebird and Fish
Pen and Ink and Watercolour

First drawings in my new nice purple Moleskine.

Lovebird
Pen and Ink

Based on Missus. Our beautiful lovebird. She is gone now, but we loved her and her partner, Paganini, and we still miss them.

Fish
Pen and Ink and Watercolour

I love having fish around me. They make me feel calm.

TSP2013 - Feed the Birds

Dexter the Conure
Pen and Ink with Watercolour

Dexter is an eating machine. He is constantly stealing food off Anthony's plate.  Sometimes, he does not even need a plate. Here you see him taking some of Anthony's sandwich.

Dexter sneaking some peanut butter sandwich
Photo by Ana Tirolese, taken with iPhone

One day he Dexter grabbed a cracker off a plate and was happily walking away with it. It made me think of an ant carrying something bigger than its body. He looked so funny and cute.

You may also view my uploads on my Art House Co-op profile for The Sketchbook Project 2013.

TSP2013 - Clean Bird Cages

Baby Gillespie - Cockatiel with a crooked beak.
Watercolour and Ink

Bird cages are quickly cleaned (change the paper on the bottom). A more thorough clean is done once a month, or sooner if needed.

This is Baby Gillespie (because he trumpets very loudly). He is a white cheeked cockatiel. As a baby he smashed into a window and left him with a crooked beak. We take him to Dr. Shawn Tucker every few weeks to get the beak taken down. Baby loves Dr. Tucker and is always happy to see him.

Baby loves to socialize provided he is in his cage. He does not enjoy coming out to play and is still a bit wary of hands and people.  He came to us in November after having been a breeder. I hear he was a great dad. His mate passed away. We are very patient with him and he now comes to the edge of the cage and talks, sings, and gives kisses. He used to try to hide before.  We hope that some day he will also enjoy coming out to socialize.

Baby Gillespie wondering what the silly lady is
doing what that funny contraption in here hand.
Photo by Ana Tirolese, taken in iPhone 

You may also view my uploads on my Art House Co-op profile for The Sketchbook Project 2013.

Every Day in June #11 (EDM #136) - Draw Something that’s Alive

Every Day in June #11 (EDM #136) - Draw Something that’s Alive

Pen and Ink with Watercolour

Dexter is a conure/parakeet. He loves to steal food and drink from Anthony. Here I have him enjoying Anthony's orange juice.

Dexter tries to sneak some of Anthony's pineapple.

Dexter has some "pasta dinner" in a plate of his own

Dexter is a funny bird and we really enjoy having him living with us. He loves to spend time with Anthony. He also "helps" Anthony read books, sometimes he is a little too helpful.

Here Dexter is helping Anthony read on my HP Touchpad. 

Dexter

Dexter the Conure

This is a quick ink sketch of Dexter, our green cheeked conure / parakeet.

Dexter is a great boy. He is funny, sweet, and a food monger! You would think that I don't feed him with how he keeps trying to steal Anthony's food.

Below is a case in point. Dexter is sneaking a piece of pineapple out of Anthony's plate.

Dexter steal Anthony's Pineapple

Dexter has pasta dinner out of his own plate

Above we gave his own plate of pasta dinner.

Every Day in May Challenge # 11

Draw Something with Wings

Graphite sketch with watercolour

This is my sweet husband, Anthony, with his two pals Baby (left, cockatiel) and Dexter (right, conure/parakeet).  Some people have suggested I drew three "things" with wings as my husband is an angel when it comes to animals, and birds in particular. Anthony is known to our friends as The Bird Whisperer. He really loves his birds, and they love him too.  He has a lot of patience and a really sweet disposition.

Anthony was watching television with his pals when I asked him to sit still so I could draw him. This is him sitting still. He indulges me. The birds could not understand why my head kept bobbing up and down and why I kept looking at them.

This was fun to draw.

Rooster Stamp

While I was walking through Michael's Arts and Crafts store this little stamp caught my eye in the discount bin. I picked it up and put it down several times. I went and grabbed the things I had gone into Michael's to purchase, and as I walked back to the cashiers to pay for my goodies, I pass the discount bin again. The little rooster stamp was still there. This must have been an omen so I dropped it in the shopping cart.

I don't stamp often, but I do enjoy it. Somewhere, in a box, I have a whole set of stamps and peripherals from when I took it up as a short-lived hobby.

Roosters are a mild passion of mine. I am not certain why I enjoy them so much, but some people have suggested it is because I am Portuguese (by birth) and the Portuguese love their roosters. Here is a story that explains why: Barcelo Rooster.

Portuguese Good Luck Rooster
Found on site "Good Luck Roosters"

There is an online shop that caters to the Portuguese Rooster.  (Wow, there is just about a site for anything you can think of on the internet!)

Perhaps it is because of being Portuguese that I enjoy looking at roosters, but I don't know for sure. I just find them beautiful. I have lots of rooster wall-art, bowls, napkin holders, coasters, etc., in my home. However, despite my love of them, I have not created any art with roosters in them, yet.