Plant the damn butterfly bush!
My go-to location during the warm months is my backyard. I love coming back here to listen to the birds(and the I-64 traffic, but I try...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Apr 5
- 1 min
New Spring Art!
I was refilling my bird feeders with peanuts last week when I came across these beautiful daffodil flowers growing on the side of my...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Mar 27
- 1 min
Morning Hike-James River Parks System
I have decided to hike a long hike each week. I am trying to get in shape plus the weather has been great lately. This week I did a...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Java Jive!
99% of the printed materials I use in the backgrounds of my paintings are things I find at thrift and antique stores. I am always on the...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Morning Hike-Dutch Gap Conservation Area
I have been beating myself up lately for my laziness. I always have a hard time getting myself going after winter. I know I will be...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
FeBIRDuary Days 22-28
So...I said that I would be better at posting. I failed! Too many things to do. I'm happy that I got the birds done. I can't believe...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 24
- 1 min
FeBIRDuary Day 21
I love Baltimore Orioles. I drew one for the first time last year and sold it at the Lynchburg Arts Festival. The buyer sent me a photo...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 22
- 1 min
FeBIRDuary Day 20
I couldn't get to sleep the other night so I was watching YouTube videos on using Inktense colors at 2am in the morning. I learned a lot...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 22
- 1 min
FeBIRDuary Day 19
For Day 19, I drew one of my favorite birds-Dark-eyed Junco. I love these little guys, but I an rarely get a good photo of one up close....
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 20
- 1 min
FeBIRDuary Day 18
Felt rushed doing this one today. That is the first time I have felt that way this month. I think I should have done this bird on tan...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 19
- 1 min
FeBIRDuary Day 17
I had a request from an email subscriber for a "rose finch". I had to do some sleuthing on this one. There appears to be a rose finch...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 17
- 1 min
SOLD! FeBIRDuary Day 16
I knew I was going to draw an eagle this morning but wasn't sure how I was going to do it. I started it first with Inktense pencils and...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 16
- 1 min
SOLD! FeBIRDary Day 15
My hand hurt last night and this morning from drawing the turkey yesterday. LOL! So I decided to do today's bird in charcoal and pastel...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Sorry! FeBIRDuary Days 8-14
I'm sorry. I said that I was going to post my daily drawings for the FeBIRDuary Challenge. I just forgot. I've been trying to juggle a...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 8
- 1 min
FeBIRDuary Days 6(Sold!) & 7
Here are the birds that I did for days 6 and 7 for my FeBIRDuary drawing challenge. Day 6 had me drawing a pair of cardinals. I like the...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 6
- 1 min
FeBIRDary Days 4 & 5
I'm a couple of days behind in posting my February bird challenge photos, but I have been keeping up with the challenge. Both of these...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 3
- 1 min
FeBIRDary Day #3
Today's bird for day 3 of FeBIRDary is a toucan. I would have never chosen this bird to do. It's not even on my radar. However, one of...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Feb 2
- 1 min
#FeBIRDary
Okay. So I thought I was being clever and making up a new hashtag, but someone beat me to it! I have decided to draw a different bird...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Jan 25
- 2 min
"Crow Study #3", mixed media on canvas, 8"x10"
This crow was just calling for me to paint it. I started it back in November over Thanksgiving weekend. I was stuck at the BWI Amtrak...
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Lisa Wiertel
- Jan 9
- 3 min
New Year's Resolutions
Does the title of this blog post make you cringe? Me too. If you look up the definition of "resolution" on Google, it states that...
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