“Golden Eagle Watercolor” 7-7-08
I just finished this 12″ x 15″ watercolor of a Golden Eagle yesterday. I started it a few months ago and then put it aside. I used watercolors and a few touches of permanent ink pen. I wanted to leave…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
“Oil Pastel Sketch of Northumbria”
This is a 5″ x 5″ little sketch I did with oil pastels from a magazine cover about Northumberland, England. My friend in Northumberland sent me these great magazines so I could get to know the area a little better,…
“Iroquois Nature Refuge” 5-25-08
It’s a gorgeous day! 65-70 degrees, sunny and breezy. The first journal page is done with watercolor pencils and a waterbrush…I found it hard to get the greens I wanted.A gorgeous bird, the Black Tern; I took so many pictures…
“Reinstein Woods” 5-23-08
This is about the morning I spent at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve in Cheektowaga, NY. It’s from back in May, but I wanted to put it up to keep my posts in order. The very first thing I saw, well…
“Spring Birding at Iroqouis” 5-17-08
Today I went birdwatching with the Audubon Society at Iroqouis Wildlife Refuge in Gasport, NY. This is north of Buffalo. a very beautiful area to hike around. The weather today wasn’t gorgeous as it rained off and on and was…
“Dandelions for Mother’s Day” 5-11-08
It was mother’s day and gorgeous…I had a chance to go out and just sit in the soft spring grass and draw. So I thought I’d just play with a non permanent ink pen and a waterbrush to do a…
“May Hike on My Land” 5-7-08
This post, and the next few from me, are being put up late…but I wanted to keep the hikes I took in sequence….more exciting things coming soon! I couldn’t resist starting off with Ginger coming up the lane…it’s so green…
“New Chicks” 4-30-08
I was at the Farm Center where I go to buy corn for my chickens, hardware type supplies and new mud boots when I need them. Well, they had new baby chicks! What can I say? I have a barn,…
“Marsh Wren and Wood Thrush” 4-26-08 + 4-30-08
I’ve told you before I’m not the kind of person to waste time when I’m waiting around. Well, I started this sketch of a Marsh Wren while sitting in Regal Cinema waiting for the live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera…
” Evangola State Park” Brandt NY, April 25, 2008
Well I’m finally getting some pictures up from my day of exploring at Evangola State Park, in Brandt NY. (it’s near Angola) My photographer friend Mark Baker and I are picking areas around Buffalo to go explore, he concentrates on…