“Two Barn Owls”
In this post I bring you two owls, both are Barn Owls but look very different. The first is a sketch of a Barn Owl from the United States, the typical light heart shaped face and brown markings on the…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
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“Sunrise Studies” 12-3-08
The sunrise was just too beautiful to ignore. While I was making my morning coffee, I kept looking out the studio window at it. Knowing how fast a sunrise will change, I ran and grabbed my camera (literally!) to catch…
“Saw Whet Owl” water-soluble graphite (October 2008)
I did this little sketch (5″x5″) in October, but wanted to post it before too much time slips away! I did it while waiting for my car to have it’s oil changed, at a small dirty table in the car…
My England Adventure 2008 – “The Flight There” 9-5-08
Well, I’m finally home from my big adventure in England and Ireland! I have so much to share about my hikes, the people I met and of course my sketches and photos. It’s taken me awhile to get back on…
“Swallow Hollow” Iroqouis Wildlife Refuge 8-12-08
What a day I had at the Swallow Hollow nature trail, part of the Iroqouis Wildlife Preserve. The above photo was just one of the many beautiful scenes I saw that day; the trail follows the water in a nice…
“On the Road” Watersoluble Graphite 8-9-08
I brought my small art kit with me while on a road trip to the Sterling Renaissance Festival in Sterling NY. , of course I wasn’t the driver! I experimented with drawing with my new graphitint watersoluble graphite pencils, They…
“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…
“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…
“Butterflies in the Doctor’s Office” 4-15-08
If you click the picture you can read my notes about when I drew these butterflies. I was in an awful lot of pain from my car accident and waiting to see the Chiropractor. The day was sunny and gorgeous…